Shojailu

Shojailu
شجايلو
village
Shojailu
Coordinates: 39°08′02″N 46°52′42″E / 39.13389°N 46.87833°E / 39.13389; 46.87833Coordinates: 39°08′02″N 46°52′42″E / 39.13389°N 46.87833°E / 39.13389; 46.87833
Country  Iran
Province East Azerbaijan
County Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh Minjavan
Rural District Minjavan-e Sharqi
Population (2006)
  Total 286
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Shojailu (Persian: شجايلو, also Romanized as Shojā'īlū and Shojā‘ī Lū)[1] 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 286, in 79 families.[2]

In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 80 households, used Shojailu as their winter quarters.[3]

References

  1. Shojailu can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "111615" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69


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