Vafs, Markazi

Vafs (Persian: وفس; in Tati also known as Vabs and Waūs) is a village in Esfandan Rural District, in the Central District of Komijan County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,607, in 509 families. The inhabitants speak Tati language.

The distance from Vafs to the city of Komijan is 15 kilometers, and it is 110 kilometers away from Arak, the provincial capital. Vafs is a green village with 12 neighborhoods. Its water supply comes from 8 qanats and more than 30 springs, with the spring water being drinkable. The village has 14 mosques.

Many of the houses in this village have preserved the traditional architectural style of the Markazi Province region; however, this old texture is at risk. In the past, Vafs had fortress-like walls with 12 towers, of which only 4 remain today in a semi-ruined state. There is also an old bathhouse in Vafs. Nowadays, many residents of Vafs have migrated and settled in the cities of Arak, Qom, Tehran, and elsewhere.