Avaj

Avaj is a city in the Central District of Avaj County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Its people speak Azerbaijani.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,695 in 1,042 households, when it was in the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County. The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,142 people in 1,621 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County.

Overview
Avaj lies 130 mi west of Tehran along Road 37, about 20 kilometres south by road from Abgarm. The city is in an agricultural area. 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.