At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,695 in 1,042 households,[5] when it was capital of the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,142 people in 1,621 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County. Avaj was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4]
Overview
Avaj lies 130 miles (210 km) west of Tehran along Road 37, about 20 kilometres south by road from Abgarm. The city is in an agricultural area.[8] Avaj was near the epicenter of the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and thus was severely affected by it, with roughly half the town having been razed.[9]
Climate
Climate data for Avaj (elevation:2,034.9 m (6,676 ft)), normals for 1997-2005
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^ abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2021) [Approved 14 October 1390]. Creation of Avaj County in the center of Avaj city in Qazvin province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 62642/42/1/4/1. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.