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{{Short description|Village in Kurdistan province, Iran}}
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|native_name             = {{langx|fa|اويهنگ}}
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|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name        = [[Iran]]
|subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Kurdistan province|Kurdistan]]
|subdivision_type2       = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
|subdivision_name2       = [[Sanandaj County|Sanandaj]]
|subdivision_type3       = [[Bakhsh|District]]
|subdivision_name3       = [[Kalatrazan District|Kalatrazan]]
|subdivision_type4       = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]]
|subdivision_name4       = [[Zhavarud-e Gharbi Rural District|Zhavarud-e Gharbi]]
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'''Avihang''' ({{langx|fa|اويهنگ}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Āvīhang''' and '''Avīhang'''; also known as '''Āb-i-Hang'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3054076|Avihang}}</ref>}} is a village in [[Zhavarud-e Gharbi Rural District]]<ref name="Marivan RDs">{{cite web |title = Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Marivan County under Kurdistan province |language = fa |website = Islamic Parliament Research Center |url = https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108029 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905192528/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108029 |publisher = Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers|last = Mousavi |first = Mirhossein |archive-date = 5 September 2015 |date = 18 May 1366 |access-date = 22 January 2024}}</ref> of [[Kalatrazan District]], [[Sanandaj County]], [[Kurdistan province|Kurdistan]] province, [[Iran]].
==Demographics==
===Ethnicity===
The village is populated by [[Kurds]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Language distribution: Kordestan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan#|url-status=live|access-date=22 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171130/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan |archive-date=2017-12-04 }}</ref>
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,886 in 497 households.<ref name="2006 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) | page = 12 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = AMAR | url = http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls | access-date = 25 September 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls | format = Excel | archive-date = 20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 1,563 people in 484 households.<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) | page = 12 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = Syracuse University | url = https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls | archive-date = 19 January 2023 | access-date = 19 December 2022 | format = Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,372 people in 432 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.<ref name="2016 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) | page = 12 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = AMAR | url = https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx | access-date = 19 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx | format = Excel | archive-date = 8 May 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
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{{Kurdistan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Sanandaj County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Populated places in Sanandaj County]]
[[Category:Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province]]
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