Motaalleq
Situation
The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files, reports a population of 143 people in late 1940s. At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 57 families. According to a more recent and, perhaps, reliable statistics the population is 115 people in 40 families.
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. 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 m includes bathing areas, coffee-shop, restaurants, prayer room, and gymnasium.
Since its inception, the facility has been a bone of contention between authorities and villagers, who claim the ownership of the hot spring.
References
- ^ 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".
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4 ص 484)
- ^ "Motalleq". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "2012 Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
- ^ 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
- ^ "ساخت بزرگترین مجتمع آب درمانی کشور در کلیبر".
- ^ "بزرگترین مجتمع گردشگری آب درماني ایران در روستاي آبش احمد کلیبر".
- ^ "گزارشی از واگذاری غیر قانونی آب گرم موتاللی".
- ^ "پروژه سرمایه گذاری مورد حمایت استاندار و نماینده کلیبر تخریب شد".