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Gavahan

Gavahan (Persian: گاواهن, also Romanized as Gāvāhan; also known as Kāvāhīn) is a village in Keyvan Rural District, in the Central District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 82, in 19 families.

In the wake of the White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of the Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 50 households, used Gavahan as their winter quarters.

References

  1. ^ Gavahan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3816741" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69