Evaz

Evaz (Persian: اوز, also Romanized as ‘Avaz, Avaz, Evazeh, and ‘Iwaz) is a city in and the capital of Evaz District, in Larestan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,315, in 3,297 families. It is one of the fastest growing towns in the region due in large part to a number of Evazi individuals who provide financial support for the development of robust academic infrastructure. Professor Abdolmajid Arfaee, Iranian Elamologist and former professor of university of Chicago said: true pronunciation of this word is Avaz and this word has same root with Ahvaz, Khuz and Khuzestan. In old Persian this word called Uvaja or Uvja. The town of Evaz is located in the Fars province of Iran and lies about 330...