Asheqlu
village in East Azerbaijan, Iran
Asheqlu (Persian: عاشقلو) is a village in Manjavan-e Gharbi Rural District of Manjavan District in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and rural district.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 473 in 116 households, when it was in the former Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County. The following census in 2011 counted 519 people in 140 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoda Afarin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Manjavan District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 534 people in 168 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
The public source identifies “Asheqlu” as village in East Azerbaijan, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Asheqlu, village and East.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5665963. Authority coordinates are 38.987, 46.700. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Asheqlu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.