Varjavi
Varjavi is a village in, and the capital of, Qareh Naz Rural District in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.Photo: auoobfa(ايوب فارابي), CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,990 residents
- Description: village in East Azerbaijan, Iran
- Also known as: “Varjavī”, “Varjovi”, and “Varjovī”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mithra Temple of Maragheh.
Mithra Temple of Maragheh
Place of worship
Photo: Behrad09, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is a mysterious underground place of worship of the Indo-Iranian god Mitra, dating back thousands of years, near the northwestern Iranian city of Maragheh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aghkand-e Samaraq and Chay Baghi.
Aghkand-e Samaraq
Village
Aghkand-e Samaraq is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 333, in 80 families.
Chay Baghi
Village
Chay Baghi is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 279, in 62 families. Chay Baghi is situated 3½ km east of Varjavi.
Khaneqah
Village
Khaneqah is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District of the Central District in Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Khaneqah is situated 4 km west of Varjavi.
Varjavi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.33488° or 37° 20′ 6″ northLongitude
46.23937° or 46° 14′ 22″ eastPopulation
2,990Elevation
1,415 metres (4,642 feet)Open location code
8H9886MQ+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3898513563OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
112160Wikidata ID
Q5701746
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Varjavi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ورجوي”
- Azerbaijani: “Vərcəvi (Marağa)”
- Azerbaijani: “Vərcəvi”
- Dutch: “Varjavi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ورجوى”
- Irish: “Varjavi”
- Malay: “Varjavi”
- Persian: “ورجوی”
- South Azerbaijani: “ورجوی”
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