Arkavin, West Azerbaijan
# Arkavin, West Azerbaijan

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.

## Name

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name "Arkavin" is derived from the Mongolian name for Christians, $erkeün.^{:76}$

