Abhar (also Romanized as Abkhar) is a city in and capital of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 70,836, in 19,136 families. Abhar is located between Qazvin and Zanjan, near the Abhar River. It is the second-largest city in the province after Zanjan (...) (from Wikipedia)