Hajij-e Bozorg ( fa, حجيج بزرگ, also

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d as Hajīj-e Bozorg; also known as Ḩajīj) is a village in

Sirvan Rural District Sirvan Rural District ( fa, دهستان سيروان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Nowsud District, Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,874, in 833 families. The rural district has 17 vil ...

Nowsud District Nowsud District ( fa, بخش نوسود) is a district (bakhsh) in Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,984, in 2,239 families. The District has two cities: Nowsud and Nowdeshah. The District has one ...

Paveh County Paveh ( fa, Pâveh, ku, Pawe , پاوە, also Romanized as Pāveh, Pawah, and Pāweh) is a city and capital of Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. It is located in a region called Hawraman. The first language spoken by the population in ...

, Kermanshah Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 603, in 163 families. The village is in a district called "Hawraman" which lies through the mountains of

Shaho Shaho ( ku, شاھۆ ,Şaho) is a mountain of the central Zagros Mountains range. It is located between cities of Kamyaran, Sarvabad, Marivan, Nowdeshah, Nowsud, Paveh, Javanrud, Ravansar in the district of Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces ...

. The language spoken by the native people is a variant of Kurdish called Hewrami. The tomb of Kose Hajij is located in the village. There is a large spring about 2 kilometers away from the village called Kani Bil or Bil spring which is the largest Karst spring in the region. The earliest archaeological records show that the Hajij vicinity was inhabited by humans since

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Period. This evidence was discovered by archaeologists near the village and include stone tools that were probably made by

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s. .

References

Populated places in Paveh County {{Paveh-geo-stub