Motaalleq Persian: متعلق, also Romanized as Mota‘alleq[1] is a village in Abish Ahmad Rural District, Abish Ahmad District, Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 57 families.[2]
Motaalleq
متعلق | |
|---|---|
village | |
 Village view in January 2014 | |
  Motaalleq | |
| Coordinates: 39°01′54″N 47°16′45″E / 39.03167°N 47.27917°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | East Azerbaijan |
| County | Kaleybar |
| Bakhsh | Abish Ahmad |
| Rural District | Abish Ahmad |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 175 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Situation edit
The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,[3] reports a population of 143 people in late 1940s.[4] At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 57 families.[2] According to a more recent and, perhaps, reliable statistics the population is 115 people in 40 families.[5]
Motaalleq Hot spring therapeutic facility edit
Yaqut al-Hamawi, writing in early thirteenth century, refers to a large river near Kaleybar, which has the property of curing the most inveterate fevers.[6] One may infer that this statement is, indeed, a reference to multiple Hot springs in Motaalleq.
Motaalleq Hot spring therapeutic facility is the largest of its kind in Iran. The facility, with an area of 12870 m2 includes bathing areas, coffee-shop, restaurants, prayer room, and gymnasium.[7][8]
Since its inception, the facility has been a bone of contention between authorities and villagers, who claim the ownership of the hot spring.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ Motaalleq can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3816758" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4 ص 484)
- ^ "Motalleq". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "2012 Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
- ^ Yaqut ibn 'Abd Allah al-Rumi al-Hamawi, Charles Adrien Casimir Barbier de Meynard, Dictionnaire géographique, historique et littéraire de la Perse et des contrees adjacentes, 1851, Paris, p. 87
- ^ "ساخت بزرگترین مجتمع آب درمانی کشور در کلیبر".
- ^ "بزرگترین مجتمع گردشگری آب درماني ایران در روستاي آبش احمد کلیبر".
- ^ "گزارشی از واگذاری غیر قانونی آب گرم موتاللی".
- ^ "پروژه سرمایه گذاری مورد حمایت استاندار و نماینده کلیبر تخریب شد".
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