Motaalleq

Motaalleq متعلق
village
Village view in January 2014
Motaalleq
Coordinates: 39°01′54″N 47°16′45″E / 39.03167°N 47.27917°ECoordinates: 39°01′54″N 47°16′45″E / 39.03167°N 47.27917°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Kaleybar
Bakhsh	Abish Ahmad
Rural District	Abish Ahmad
Population (2006)
• Total	175
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Hot spring therapeutic facility near Motaalleq

A closeup view of the Hot spring therapeutic facility near Motaalleq

Motaalleq Persian: متعلق‎‎, also Romanized as Mota‘alleq^[1] is a village in Abish Ahmad Rural District, Abish Ahmad District, Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 57 families.^[2]

Situation

The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,^[3] reports a population of 143 people in late 1940s.^[4] At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 57 families.^[2] According to a more recent and, perhaps, reliable statistics the population is 115 people in 40 families.^[5]

Motaalleq Hot spring therapeutic facility

Yaqut al-Hamawi, writing in early thirteenth century, refers to a large river near Kaleybar, which has the property of curing the most inveterate fevers.^[6] One may infer that this statement is, indeed, a reference to multiple Hot springs in Motaalleq.

Motaalleq Hot spring therapeutic facility is the largest of its kind in Iran. The facility, with an area of 12870 m² includes bathing areas, coffee-shop, restaurants, prayer room, and gymnasium.^[7][8]

Since its inception, the facility has been a bone of contention between authorities and villagers, who claim the ownership of the hot spring.^{[9] [10]}

References

1. Motaalleq can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3816758" 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. فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4 ص 484)
4. "Motalleq".
5. "2012 Census" (PDF).
6. Yaqut ibn 'Abd Allah al-Rumi al-Hamawi, Charles Adrien Casimir Barbier de Meynard, Dictionnaire géographique, historique et littéraire de la Perse et des contrees adjacentes, 1851, Paris, p. 87
7. "ساخت بزرگ‌ترین مجتمع آب درمانی کشور در کلیبر".
8. "بزرگترین مجتمع گردشگری آب درماني ایران در روستاي آبش احمد کلیبر".
9. "گزارشی از واگذاری غیر قانونی آب گرم موتاللی".
10. "پروژه سرمایه گذاری مورد حمایت استاندار و نماینده کلیبر تخریب شد".