Avajiq () is a city in, and the capital of, Dashtak District in Chaldoran County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The village of Kelisa Kandi was converted to a city in 2002 and is near the Turkish border, some south of the town of Doğubeyazıt in Turkey. It is the westernmost city in Iran.
History Avajiq was formerly the seat of the Iran "Warden of the Marches" for the Turkish border.Browne, Edward Granville (1893) A year amongst the Persians; impressions as to the life, character, and thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve month's residence in that country in the years 1887-8 Adam and Charles Black, London, pp. 47-48,
Demographics Ethnicity It is populated by Azerbaijanis.Chargoshe
Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,649 in 377 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,516 people in 419 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,663 people in 486 households.
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