Abriq Explained

Official Name:Abriq
Native Name:ابريق
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ahar
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Azghan
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:334
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:38.565°N 46.9242°W

Abriq (Persian: ابريق, also Romanized as Abrīq) is a village in Azghan Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 334, in 74 families.

In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 35 households, used Ebriq as their winter quarters.[1]

Notes and References

  1. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69