Osku

Osku is a city in northwestern Iran. It is the capital of Osku County, in , Iran. Osku is known as the capital of batik in Iran. As of 2016, its population was about 19,000.
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Photo: Duman-tabriz, Public domain.
  • Type: Town with 16,100 residents
  • Description: city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: Uzku” and “Yuzki

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sahand and Kalahjah.

Town
is a satellite city in the Central District of Osku County, province, . It is designed to accommodate the overflow of the Tabriz metropolitan area's increasing population. is situated 3½ km north of Osku.

Village
is a village in, and the capital of, Bavil Rural District in the Central District of Osku County, province, . is situated 4 km northwest of Osku.

Osku

Latitude
37.9161° or 37° 54′ 58″ north
Longitude
46.1245° or 46° 7′ 28″ east
Population
16,100
Elevation
1,512 metres (4,961 feet)
Open location code
8H98W48F+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 833694432
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
121781
Wiki­data ID
Q719770
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Osku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أسكو
  • Armenian: Օսքու
  • Azerbaijani: Üskü
  • Azerbaijani: اوسكو
  • Azerbaijani: اوش قایا
  • Azerbaijani: اوشکایا
  • Cebuano: Oskū
  • Central Kurdish: ئۆسکوو
  • Chinese: Osku
  • Chinese: 奥斯库
  • Chinese: 奧斯庫
  • Dutch: Osku
  • Finnish: Osku
  • French: Osku
  • German: Osku
  • Hungarian: Oszku
  • Irish: Osku
  • Italian: Osku
  • Japanese: オスクー
  • Kurdish: Oskû
  • Malagasy: Osku
  • Malay: Osku
  • Mazanderani: اسکو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Osku
  • Persian: اسکو
  • Polish: Osku
  • Romanian: Oskou
  • Russian: Оску
  • Serbo-Croatian: Osku
  • South Azerbaijani: اوسکو
  • Swedish: Oskū
  • Tajik: Ускӯ
  • Turkish: Osku
  • Urdu: اسکو
  • Western Panjabi: اوسکو

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Osku”. Photo: Duman-tabriz, Public domain.