Osku County ( fa, شهرستان اسکو) is located in

East Azerbaijan 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 ...

province,

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 Turkmeni ...

. The capital of the county is

Osku Osku ( fa, اسكو, az, Üçqaya - اوشقایا also Romanized as Oskū; also known as Uzku and Yuzki) is a city and capital of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Osku is one of the oldest cities in East Azerbaijan and is obtained a ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 84,061, in 23,613 households. Retrieved 3 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 98,988 people, in 30,091 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 158,270, in 50,674 households. Osku is one of the oldest cities in East Azerbaijan, according to old books, and is like stepping into a time machine. The city is located on a volcano hillside and has many caves in the city. The inhabitants of Osku are Azerbaijani Turks, who have lived in the city for more than 100 years. Attractions such as Kandovan and natural landscapes make Osku one of the touristic cities in Iran. It is one of the few cities in Iran where

batik Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a ''ca ...

printing centers still remain in operation. Osku is presently known as the capital of batik in Iran.

Hilleh Historical Village Hilleh Historical Village is a special sub-ground historical village in Osku County, Iran near to Osku in the vicinity of Kandovan, Osku Kandovan ( fa, كندوان, also romanized as Kandovān and Kandavān; also known as Kanvān) is an ancient ...

is another historical village near to the city, currently abandoned.

Administrative divisions

References

Counties of East Azerbaijan Province {{EastAzerbaijan-geo-stub