Avajiq is a city in and the capital of Dashtaki District

Dashtaki District

Dashtaki District is a district in Chaldoran County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,069, in 1,885 families. The District has one city: Avajiq....

, in Chaldoran County

Chaldoran County

Chaldoran County is a county in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The capital of the county is Siah Cheshmeh or Qara Aineh is also called Chaldoran. The other prominent town in the district is Avajiq. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 44,572, in 9,006 families...

, West Azerbaijan Province, 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 1,649, in 377 families. It lies near the Turkish border, some 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) south of Doğubeyazıt

Dogubeyazit

Doğubeyazıt is a city and district of Ağrı Province of Turkey, and is Turkey's most eastern district, the border crossing to Iran. Elevation 1625 m. Area 2.383 km². Population 115.354 of which 69.447 live in the town of Doğubeyazıt, the remainder in the surrounding countryside...

. It is the westernmost city in Iran.

Formerly it was the seat of the Persian "Warden of the Marches" for the Turkish border.

External links

• "'Arab Dizaj, Iran" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• "`Arab Dizaj Map — Satellite Images of `Arab Dizaj" Maplandia
• "تصویب طرح هادی آواجیق چالدران", in Persian (Farsi)