Mafruz Lu Explained

Official Name:Mafruz Lu
Native Name:مفروضلو
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:290
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:39.135°N 46.8614°W

Mafruz Lu (Persian: مفروضلو, also Romanized as Mafrūẕ Lū and Mafrūẕlū; also known as Khavalu, Khaveh Lū, and Māhbūzlū) 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 290, in 76 families.

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

Notes and References

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