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Village in East Azerbaijan province, Iran

Village in East Azerbaijan, Iran

Oskelu Persian: اسكلو Village A distant view of Oskelu in December 2010 Oskelu Coordinates: 38°52′22″N 46°53′53″E / 38.87278°N 46.89806°E / 38.87278; 46.89806[1] Country Iran Province East Azerbaijan County Kaleybar District Central Rural District Misheh Pareh Population (2016)[2] • Total 393 Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)

**Oskelu** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): اسكلو)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, [Misheh Pareh Rural District](/source/Misheh_Pareh_Rural_District)[5] in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Kaleybar_County)) of [Kaleybar County](/source/Kaleybar_County), [East Azerbaijan](/source/East_Azerbaijan_province) province, [Iran](/source/Iran).

## Demographics

### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 428 in 109 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 430 people in 134 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 393 people in 132 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

## Overview

A distant view of Oskelu (July 2013) from [Chaparli](/source/Chaparli) summer camp.

According to locals the village had been occasionally used by the crown princes in the [Qajar](/source/Qajar_dynasty) era as summer quarters. There is no record of such claim, but the surviving landscaping in a forest on the west side of the village, known as '*valiahd qoroghi*, provides a strong support to the assertion. The first alluson to Oskelu in the published literature is by Asadollah Mohammadkhanlu,[8] the last headman of [Mohammad Khanlu](/source/Mohammad_Khanlu) tribe, who had counted some of the inhabitants as the settled member of the tribe.[9]

During the 1980s and early 1990s Oskelu was the last village on the west of [Kaleybar](/source/Kaleybar) that had access to a town via paved road. One of the inhabitants, Mashhadi Aziz, had built an inn with minimum accommodation for the travelers to the remote villages, such as [Abbasaba](/source/Abbasabad%2C_Khoda_Afarin) and [Balan](/source/Balan%2C_Kaleybar). Then, the road was extended to [Asheqlu](/source/Asheqlu) in the banks of Aras river and Oskelu lost most of its importance. However, Oskelu did not experience the drastic [population decline](/source/Population_decline) of other villages in [Arasbaran](/source/Arasbaran) region. Instead, since 2005 the wealthy expatriates have returned and constructed modern summer residences.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## See also

[Iran portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Iran)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Also [romanized](/source/Romanize) as **Eskaloo**, **Eskalū**, and **Oskelū**; also known as **Iskyulyu** and **Osgelū**;[3] also rendered as **Üskülü**[4])

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** OpenStreetMap contributors (18 March 2025). ["اسکلو, دهستان میشه پاره, بخش مرکزی \[Oskelu, Misheh Pareh Rural District, Central District\], Kaleybar County, Iran"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.872778&mlon=46.898056&zoom=15#map=15/38.87278/46.89806) (Map). *[OpenStreetMap](/source/OpenStreetMap)* (in Persian). Retrieved 18 March 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2016_East_Azerbaijan_Province_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2016_East_Azerbaijan_Province_2-1) [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی](https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx) [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. *مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]* (in Persian). Archived from [the original](https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx) (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Oskelu](https://geonames.nga.mil/geon-ags/rest/services/RESEARCH/GIS_OUTPUT/MapServer/0/query?where=ufi+=+-3062285&outFields=*) at [GEOnet Names Server](/source/GEOnet_Names_Server)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Oberling, Pierre. "The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ: A Brief History." Oriens 17 (1964): 60-95.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ahar_County_Rural_Districts_6-0)** [Mousavi, Mir-Hossein](/source/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi) (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. [ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 30 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان اهر تابع استان آذربایجان شرقی](https://web.archive.org/web/20250619112909/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/108030) [‌Creation and formation of 30 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahar County under East Azerbaijan province]. *لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam]* (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 1F7402E2-5CAC-4D1B-B0FF-D19D6D096C79. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 11. Archived from [the original](https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/108030) on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2006_East_Azerbaijan_Province_7-0)** [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی](https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls) [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. *مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]* (in Persian). Archived from [the original](http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls) (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2011_East_Azerbaijan_Province_8-0)** [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان شرقی](https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls) [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. *Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University* (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from [the original](https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls) (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Iran Almanac and Book of Facts, 1976, Volume 15 - Page 93

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69

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