Official Name: | Varazqan |
Native Name: | ورزقان |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Varzaqan |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Kharvana |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Dizmar-e Markazi |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 131 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 38.6744°N 46.1131°W |
Varazqan (Persian: ورزقان, also Romanized as Varazqān, Varezqān, and Verazqān; also known as Varzagān, Varzaghan Dezmar, Varzaqān, and Verazgan) is a village in Dizmar-e Markazi Rural District, Kharvana District, Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 131, in 34 families.
In May 2024, a helicopter en route to Tabriz carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in Varazqan. No passengers survived.[1]