Oskelu
Persian: اسكلو
Village
A distant view of Oskelu in December 2010
A distant view of Oskelu in December 2010
Oskelu is located in Iran
Oskelu
Oskelu
Coordinates: 38°52′21″N 46°53′52″E / 38.87250°N 46.89778°E / 38.87250; 46.89778[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountyKaleybar
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictMisheh Pareh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total393
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Oskelu (Persian: اسكلو, also Romanized as Oskelū, Eskaloo, and Eskalū; also known as Iskyulyu and Osgelū; also written as Üskülü[3])[4] is a village in, and the capital of, Misheh Pareh Rural District of the Central District of Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[5]

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 991 in 209 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 993 people in 258 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 827 people in 265 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.[2]

A distant view of Oskelu (July 2013) from Chaparli summer camp.

According to locals the village had been occasionally used by the crown princes in Qajar era as summer quarters. There is no record of such claim, but the surviving landscaping in a forest on the west side of the village, known as valiahd qoroghi, provides a strong support to the assertion. The first allusion to Oskelu in the published literature is by Asadollah Mohammadkhanlu,[8] the last headman of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, who had counted some of the inhabitants as the settled member of the tribe.[9]

During 1980s and early 1990s Oskelu was the last village on the west of Kaleybar that had access to a town via paved road. One of the inhabitants, Mashhadi Aziz, had built an inn with minimum accommodation for the travelers to the remote villages, such as Abbasaba and Balan. Then, the road was extended to Asheqlu in the banks of Aras river and Oskelu lost most of its importance. However, Oskelu did not experience the drastic population decline of other villages in Arasbaran region. Instead, since 2005 the wealthy expatriates have returned and constructed modern summer residences.

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 April 2023). "Oskelu, Kaleybar County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Oberling, Pierre. "The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ: A Brief History." Oriens 17 (1964): 60-95.
  4. ↑ Oskelu can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3062285" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein (18 May 1366). "Creation and formation of 30 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahar County under East Azerbaijan province". Islamic Council Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Iran Almanac and Book of Facts, 1976, Volume 15 - Page 93
  9. ↑ P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69
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