Heydarkanlu Explained

Heydarkanlu should not be confused with Heydar Kanlu-ye Sofla.

Official Name:Heydarkanlu
Native Name:حيدركانلو
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Khoda Afarin
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Minjavan
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Minjavan-e Sharqi
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:335
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:39.0819°N 46.8789°W

Heydarkanlu (Persian: [[:w:fa:حيدركانلو|حيدركانلو]], also Romanized as Ḩeydarkanlū; also known as Ḩeydar Kānlū-ye ‘Olyā and Ḩeydarkhanlū) is a village in Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 335, in 85 families.

In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) the ruling clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 60 families, spent their winter in Heydarkanlu.[1]

Notes and References

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