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Minjavan District
Minjavan District ( fa, بخش منجوان) is a district (bakhsh) in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. its capital is Asheqlu city. The District has three rural districts (''dehestan''): Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, and Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District. Population The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files, reports a population of 8464 people in late 1940s. At that time Janan Lu, Asheqlu, Dash Bashi, and Setan were the most important villages of the district. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,993, in 2,948 families. A recent statistics, conducted in 2012, reports the population as 12524 people, who live in 79 villages. Moreover, there are 22 villages which are no more populated. History The only noteworthy allusion to the district in official records relates to an appeal by the inhabitants of the district to the interior minister of Iran, requesting protection from the abuses by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE. Botanically, the wheat kernel is a type of fruit called a caryopsis. Wheat is grown on more land area than any other food crop (, 2014). World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. In 2020, world production of wheat was , making it the second most-produced cereal after maize. Since 1960, world production of wheat and other grain crops has tripled and is expected to grow further through the middle of the 21st century. Global demand for wheat is increasing due to the unique viscoelastic and adhesive properties of gluten proteins, which facilitate the production of processed foods, whose consumption is inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asheqlu
Asheqlu ( fa, عاشقلو, also Romanized as ‘Āsheqlū; also known as Ashagly, Ashakhli, Ashāqlī, Asheghloo Meikhan, and Āsheqlī) is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District of Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. At the 2006 National Census, its population was 473 in 116 households, when it was in the former Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County Kaleybar County ( fa, شهرستان کلیبر) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kaleybar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Khod .... The following census in 2011 counted 519 people in 140 households, by which time Khoda Afarin District had been elevated to the status of a county and divided into three districts. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 534 people in 168 households; it was the largest village in its rural district. References Kho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garmanab March 2012
Garmanab ( گرمناب) was a village in Khoda Afarin County which was abandoned by the turn of the 20th century. In late nineteenth and early twentieth century the village was inhabited by Armenians, who later emigrated to Armenia or Tabriz. Just before World War II, Reza Qoli Khan, a prominent member of ruling clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, acquired the ownership of the village. Shia Muslims and the followers of Yarsan religion settled in the village. Reza Qoli Khan was perished during the brief reign of Azerbaijan People's Government,P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 93 following which some of Mohammad Khanlus migrated to Qareh Tikanlu. The village was by the year 2000 the village was deserted. At the 2006 census, its existence was not noted. Since 2005, some expatriates, particularly the grandchildren of Reza Qoli Khan and Hossein Khan—the landlord of Abbasabad—have constructed summer residences in the meadows of the former village. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhsh
A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of England. In Iran, the provinces (first-level divisions) (استان, ''ostān'') consist of several counties (second-level divisions) (شهرستان, ''shahrestān''), and the counties consist of one or more districts (third-level divisions) (بخش, ''bakhsh''). A district consists of a combination of cities (شهر ''shahr'') and rural districts (دهستان, ''dehestān'') (fourth-level divisions). The official governor of a district is called a ''bakhshdar'', the head of the ''bakhshdari'' office. Rural districts are a collection of villages and their surrounding lands. One of the cities of the county is named its capital. To better understand such subdivisions, the following table may be helpful. Below is the 2006 structure of Khash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoda Afarin County
Khoda Afarin County ( fa, شهرستان خداآفرین) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khomarlu. At the 2006 census, the county's population (as Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County) was 34,461 in 7,492 households. It was separated from the county in September 2011. The following census in 2011 counted 34,977 people in the newly formed Khoda Afarin County, in 9,169 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 32,995 in 10,196 households. Before the Islamic Revolution, Khomarlu was merely a village which was distinguished from other villages for housing the headquarters of Royal Gendarmery. The notary office was located in Abbasabad village and operated by a cleric, who also acted as the spiritual authority of the whole district. Economy Before the Islamic Revolution of 1978, then a district of Ahar County, had a dynamic economy; the surplus agricultural products from fertile farmlands along Aras were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Azerbaijan Province
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil Province, West Azerbaijan Province, and Zanjan Province. The capital of East Azerbaijan is Tabriz. East Azerbaijan Province is in Regions 3 of Iran, with its secretariat located in its capital city, Tabriz. Geography The province covers an area of approximately 47,830 km², it has a population of around four million people. The province has common borders with the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Autonomous Nakhchivan in the north, West Azerbaijan in the west, Zanjan in the south, and Ardabil in the east. A fine network of roads and railways connects East Azerbaijan to other parts of Iran and neighboring countries. The highest point in East Azerbaijan is the volcanic peak of Sahand Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Districts Of Iran
Dehestan ( fa, دهستان, lit=rural district, also Romanized as "dehestān") is a type of administrative division of Iran. It is above the village and under the bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En .... , there were 2,400 dehestans in Iran. References Subdivisions of Iran Types of administrative division {{Iran-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District
Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان دیزمار شرقی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,888, in 641 families. The rural district has 15 villages. A brief history Dizmar has been first mentioned by the renowned historian Hamdallah Mustawfi in the mid fourteenth century, "''Dizmar is a district in the north of Tabriz which includes more than 50 villages ..''." نزهةالقلوب ، حمداله مستوفی ، به کوشش محمد دبیر سیاقی ، انتشارات کتابخانه طهوری ، چاپ اول ، تهران ، ۱۳۳۶، ص. ۱۰۱. Mardanaqom, was also mentioned by Hamdallah Mustawfi as a thriving village. The landmark, manifesting ancient history of the district, is an ancient plane tree in Kavanaq village (included on the map). The tree is about 3 meter in diameter and is said to have lived for 500 years. Moreover, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District
Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان منجوان غربی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,378 in 931 families. The rural district has 36 villages. Further information In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) many clans of Mohammad Khanlu Tribe used the north part of the district as their winter quarters. The Tribe's summer quarters were located in the mountains of the southern part, which include prime pastures. The district's population was in steady decline since the launch of land reform policies in the early 1960s. By 2000 some villages, for instance Garmanab, were already abandoned. Then, some expatriates, working as painters in Tehran, returned and built summer residences. At present the district is witnessing an unprecedented construction boom, a fact that can be easily noticed by comparing the included photos, both taken from A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District
Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان منجوان شرقي) is in Minjavan District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. At the National Census of 2006, its population was 5,727 in 1,376 households, when it was in the former Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County. There were 5,213 inhabitants in 1,460 households at the following census of 2011, by which time Khoda Afarin District had been raised to the level of a county and divided into three districts. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,066 in 1,715 households. The largest of its 37 villages was Janan Lu , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = Janan Lu village in October.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = The village of Janan Lu in October 2011 , pushpin_map = Iran , mapsize ..., with 1,742 people. References Khoda Afarin County Rural Districts of East Azerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
