Lowtejan

Lowtejan
لوتجان
village
Lowtejan
Coordinates: 39°05′14″N 47°04′08″E / 39.08722°N 47.06889°ECoordinates: 39°05′14″N 47°04′08″E / 39.08722°N 47.06889°E
Country  Iran
Province East Azerbaijan
County Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh Central
Rural District Keyvan
Population (2006)
  Total 192
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Lowtejan (Persian: لوتجان , also Romanized as Lowtejān; also known as Lotehjān)[1] is a village in Keyvan Rural District, in the Central District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 192, in 44 families.[2]

In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 50 households, used Lowtejan as their winter quarters.[3]

References

  1. Lowtejan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3816753" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  3. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69