Essay About Hajij Village

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Hajij Village The village of Hajij is located at Sirwān rural district of Nosood district, Pāveh county in Kurdistān province. This village is at a distance of 34 km to Pāveh county and 123 km to Kermānshāh city. The geographical coordinates of Hajij village are 35°.9' north latitude and 46°.20' east longitude with an average elevation of 900 meters above sea level. It is confided to Marivān county from north and east, to Central District of Pāveh county from southeast, to the center of the rural district (Miāneh village) from south, and to the surrounding villages of Nowdeshah city from west. The village of Hajij rests on a valley among high Orāmānāt mountain range. It reaches to mountains from north, west and east and ends to Sirwān River from south at some distance. This village has a temperate mountainous climate with very cold and snowy winters, up to the point that snowfall in the …show more content…

Due to its particular location and lack of suitable lands for construction of buildings, Hajij possess a specific pattern of combining filled and vacant spaces. In this model, the residential units often has no yard or open spaces. Among other factors affecting the orientation of buildings are the steep slopes and topography of the region which have shaped the buildings in a staircase-like form along the direction of slopes. The orientation and pattern of housing units have made buildings to be constructed over each other and each unit is overlooking the other one. However, this pattern has never interrupted human relationships and social interactions in residential units, since the units have mainly been built back to back, without rear openings

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