Riku
Riku is a village in Suza Rural District, Shahab District, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 333, in 63 families.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Bāghū”, “Rigu”, “Rīgū Jahānshāhī”, “Rīkū”, and “Riku, Hormozgan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valley of the Stars.
Valley of the Stars
Photo: Petrus Adamus, CC BY-SA 3.0 cz.
Valley of Adeoba, also known as Adeoba Valley, is a valley located on Qeshm, an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan Province. It is located north of the village of Berkeh-ye Khalaf. Valley of the Stars is situated 3 km north of Riku.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakhl-e Gol and Berkeh-ye Khalaf.
Nakhl-e Gol
Village
Nakhl-e Gol is a village in Suza Rural District, Shahab District, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 218, in 39 families.
Berkeh-ye Khalaf
Village
Berkeh-ye Khalaf is a village in Suza Rural District, Shahab District, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 314, in 63 families. Berkeh-ye Khalaf is situated 2½ km northeast of Riku.
Zirang
Village
Zirang is a village in Suza Rural District, Shahab District, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,048, in 191 families. The village suffered heavily in the 2005 Qeshm earthquake. Zirang is situated 7 km west of Riku.
Riku
- Category: village
- Location: Hormozgan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Persian—“Riku” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Рику”
- Chinese: “Riku”
- Dutch: “Riku”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ریكو”
- Malay: “Riku, Hormozgan”
- Malay: “Riku”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Riku”
- Persian: “Rīgū”
- Persian: “ريکو”
- Persian: “ريگو”
- Persian: “ریکو (قشم)”
- Persian: “ریگو”
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