Qaplan Tu

Qaplan Tu
قپلانتو
Village
Qaplan Tu is located in Iran
Qaplan Tu
Qaplan Tu
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 36°14′25″N 46°43′30″E / 36.24028°N 46.72500°E / 36.24028; 46.72500
Country Iran
ProvinceKurdistan
CountySaqqez
BakhshZiviyeh
Rural DistrictGol Tappeh
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
711
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Qaplan Tu (Persian: قپلانتو, also Romanized as Qaplān Tū and Qaplāntū) is a village in Gol Tappeh Rural District, Ziviyeh District, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 711, in 166 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Name

The name "Qaplan Tu" is Mongolian in origin and means "having panthers".: 68  The name of the Qaflankuh mountains has the same etymology, although its current form is slightly distorted from the original.: 68 

References

  1. ↑ Qaplan Tu at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ↑ Mohammadirad, Masoud; Anonby, Erik; et al. "Language distribution in Kordestan Province, Iran". Atlas of the languages of Iran (ALI). Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 Minorsky, Vladimir (1957). "Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (1): 58–81. Retrieved 16 October 2022.