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Hamamlu, East Azerbaijan

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Country
  
Iran

County
  
Varzaqan

Rural District
  
Ozomdel-e Jonubi

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:38 PM

Province
  
East Azerbaijan

Bakhsh
  
Central

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Population
  
135 (2006)

Hamamlu, East Azerbaijan

Weather
  
4°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 61% Humidity

Hamamlu (Persian: حماملو‎‎, also Romanized as Hamāmlū and Ḩammāmlū; Azerbaijani: Hamamlı; also known as Ḩammām ‘Alī and Khamamlu) is a village in Ozomdel-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 135, in 35 families.

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Etymology

The name Hamamlu is composed of two words: Hammam in Arabic (حَمّام) means "Dove" and in traditional Azerbaijani names (Village or city names) usually end with "-lı", "-lu", (Turkic for 'with' or 'belonging to'). As a result, Hamamlu or Hamamlı means "The Village of the Doves".

Economy

Products of this village are cereals. People living on agriculture and cattle and they do crafts village is Kilim.

Geography

Is mountainous and temperate zone.

Demographics

According to official census of 2006, the population of Hamamlu is about 135. The majority of the village's population are Azerbaijani.

Language

Today, the predominant language spoken in Hamamlu is Azerbaijani Turkic, which belongs to the Turkic languages family. Azerbaijani is a member of Oghuz branch of Turkic language, and it is closely related to Turkish and Turkmeni. The modern Azerbaijani language is evolved from the Eastern Oghuz dialect of Western (Oghuz) Turkic, which spread to Southwestern Asia during medieval Turkic migrations and was heavily influenced by Persian and Arabic.

Religion

The majority of people are followers of Shia Islam.

Music

The popular music between Hamamlu people is Ashik that play the Saz or Qopuz, a form of lute. Their songs are partly improvised around a common base.

Cuisine

Some traditional Hamamlu dishes are:

Ash is a kind of soup which are prepared with bouillon, various vegetables, carrot, noodle and spices.

Dolma is a traditional delicious Azerbaijani food. It is prepared with eggplant, capsicum, tomato or zucchini filled with a mixture of meat, split pea, onion and various spices.

Main sights & Landscape

there are many sights in Hamamlu that which include:

  • Hamamlu castle hill
  • Pişik daşı rock, is rock that is like Cat
  • Dəyirman Boğazı
  • Kasabulaq, spring in the form of two nested bowls
  • Register historic castle hill Hamamlu National Heritage List

    Hamamlu Castle Hill to the village location central part number 25218 and Hamamlu old bronze age to the First millennium BC was discovered in the village Hamamlu. This effect from the date of registration, while Malkanh rights, under the supervision, care and support of National Heritage and action and any action that leads to destruction or change of identity is prohibited, and restored only with the approval and supervision of the organization is possible.

    Property stolen

    In an area called the Village Hamamlu Ağ Daşlıq cemetery that Tombstone block with a variety of shapes and lines, and written and of course before it has owned over 100 pieces of the local language is called the Qoç Daşı in 1364 after years of neglect of relevant people and organizations and so-called historical books knack smugglers loot and plunder were completely destroyed and burnt to the ground and has been.

    References

    Hamamlu, East Azerbaijan Wikipedia