Tatar-e Sofla, East Azerbaijan explained

Official Name:Tatar-e Sofla
Native Name:تاتارسفلي
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:348
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:39.0558°N 46.7914°W

Tatar-e Sofla (Persian: [[w:fa:تاتار سفلی|تاتار سفلی]], also Romanized as Tātār-e Soflá; also known as Perebay-Tatar, Pirabai, Pīrehbāy, and Tātār-e Pā’īn) 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 348, in 84 families.

Situation

The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,[1] reports a population of 195 people in the late 1940s.[2] At the 2006 census, its population was 348, in 84 families. According to more recent statistics (2012) the population is 271 people in 84 families.[3] This indicates a sharp decline in population, perhaps due to the migration of young people in the pursuit of jobs in larger cities.

Before the Iranian Revolution, A small contingent of the Royal Gendarmerie was located in the village with the task of guarding the borders with the Soviet Union, conscripting local males, and settling the disputes between villagers and nomadic pastoralists.

Notes and References

  1. فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202130152/http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-4b51899dfd5f4849847e6e6b50f4c16a-fa.html . 2014-02-02 .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-03-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211164242/http://www.ostan-as.gov.ir/uploads/2/CMS/user/file/702/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A.pdf . 2013-12-11 .