Shalku
Shalku is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 398, in 130 families, down from 683 people in 2006.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Masjed Shālīkū”, “Masjid Shālīku”, “Shālakū”, “Shālīkūh”, and “Shalkoo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rasht Airport and Hajj Samad Khan Mosque.
Rasht Airport
Aerodrome
Rasht Airport is an international airport located 10 kilometers north of the city of Rasht, Gilan Province, in the north of Iran. It is also known as Sardar Jangal Airport.
Hajj Samad Khan Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Samanehgolzadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hajj Samad Khan Mosque is a mosque, located in Saadi Street, Rasht, in the province of Gilan, Iran. The mosque was completed in the Qajar era. The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. Hajj Samad Khan Mosque is situated 3 km southwest of Shalku.
Gilan Cultural House
Community center
Photo: Samanehgolzadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gilan Cultural House is a community center, which is situated 3 km south of Shalku.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pastak and Alman.
Pastak
Neighborhood
Pastak is a village in Pir Bazar Rural District, in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 313, in 108 families. Pastak has turned into a neighborhood in Rasht's urban area during the 2000s.
Alman
Village
Alman is a neighborhood in the city of Rasht in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan province, Iran. Alman is situated 3½ km northwest of Shalku.
Fakhab
Neighborhood
Fakhab was a village in Pir Bazar Rural District, in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,851, in 1,039 families. Fakhab is on the banks of Gohar Rud river. Fakhab is situated 3½ km west of Shalku.
Shalku
- Category: village
- Location: Gilan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Shalku” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shālkū”
- Chechen: “Шалку”
- Chinese: “Shalku”
- Dutch: “Shalku”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شالكو”
- Gilaki: “شالکو”
- Malay: “Shalku”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shalku”
- Persian: “شالکو”
- Swedish: “Shālkū”
- Ukrainian: “Шалку”
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