Alvar, East Azerbaijan

For the villages in Tabriz County, see Alvar-e Olya and Alvar-e Sofla.

Alvar الوار
village
Alvar
Coordinates: 38°25′06″N 47°13′14″E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Ahar
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Qeshlaq
Population  (2006)
• Total	82
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Alvar (Persian: الوار, also Romanized as Alvār)[1] is a village in Qeshlaq Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 82, in 17 families.[2]

A 19th-century sketch of a house in Alvar.

References

1. Alvar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3829198" 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.