Official Name: | Arkavin |
Native Name: | اركوين |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaldoran |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Baba Jik |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 122 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 38.9983°N 44.5697°W |
Arkavin (Persian: اركوين, also Romanized as Arkavīn) is a village in Baba Jik Rural District, in the Central District of Chaldoran County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 122, in 18 families.
According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name "Arkavin" is derived from the Mongolian name for Christians, erkeün.[1]