Avaj is a city in and capital of Avaj District

Avaj District

Avaj District is a district in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 22,273, in 5,607 families. The District has one city: Avaj....

, in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province

Qazvin Province

The Qazvin Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north-west of the country, and its center is the city of Qazvin. The province was created in 1993 out of part of Tehran Province and includes 20 cities: Qazvin, Takestan, Abyek, Buin-Zahra, Eqhbalieh, Mohammadieh, Alvand,...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census its population was 3,695, in 1,042 families.

Avaj lies 130 miles (209.2 km) west of Tehran along Road 37

Road 37 (Iran)

Road 37 is a road that connects Takestan to Khuzestan. Part of it is a part of Ahvaz-Tehran Highway....

, about 20 kilometres south by road from Abgarm

Abgarm

Abgarm or Abegarm is a city in and the capital of Abgarm District, in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran. Abgarm lies along Road 37, about 20 kilometres north by road from Avaj. At the 2006 census its population was 5,191, in 1,345 families....

. It is located in Qazvin province

Qazvin Province

The Qazvin Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north-west of the country, and its center is the city of Qazvin. The province was created in 1993 out of part of Tehran Province and includes 20 cities: Qazvin, Takestan, Abyek, Buin-Zahra, Eqhbalieh, Mohammadieh, Alvand,...

 and has an estimated population of 3,600. It lies in an agricultural area. Avaj was near the epicenter of the 2002 Iran earthquake and thus was severely affected by it, with roughly half the town being razed.