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Baron Avak ( az, Barnava, fa, بارون آواک, hy, Պարոն Աւագ) is an old neighbourhood in the city center of
Excerpt about Tabriz Armenians first published in adhrabnews.com (in Persian)
Districts of Tabriz Iranian people of Armenian descent {{EastAzerbaijan-geo-stub
Baron Avak ( az, Barnava, fa, بارون آواک, hy, Պարոն Աւագ) is an old neighbourhood in the city center of Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
in northwestern Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The inhabitants of Baron Avak are mostly among the Iranian Armenian
Iranian-Armenians ( hy, իրանահայեր ''iranahayer''), also known as Persian-Armenians ( hy, պարսկահայեր ''parskahayer''), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of thei ...
minority of Tabriz. The neighbourhood contains several historic and contemporary buildings and organizations dedicated to the Armenians of Tabriz, such as several churches (e.g., Surp Sarkis Church), sportsclubs, gardens and schools. The name of the neighbourhood comes after Avak Avakian Avak may refer to:
People
*Avak Asadourian (born 1942), a Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Places
* Avak crater, an impact crater southeast of Barrow, Alaska, United States
* Avak-e Pain, a village in Kuhak Rural District, in the Central D ...
, who was the wealthy founder of the neighbourhood in nineteenth century.
See also
*Lilava The Lilava district, also known as the Leilabad district is one of the districts of the Iranian city of Tabriz which was predominantly, and at times exclusively, inhabited by Armenians. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian community of ...
References
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Excerpt about Tabriz Armenians first published in adhrabnews.com (in Persian)
Districts of Tabriz Iranian people of Armenian descent {{EastAzerbaijan-geo-stub