Yusoflu, Khoda Afarin

Yusoflu يوسفلو
village
A distant view of Yusoflu in 2009.
Yusoflu
Coordinates: 38°55′02″N 46°51′37″E / 38.91722°N 46.86028°ECoordinates: 38°55′02″N 46°51′37″E / 38.91722°N 46.86028°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh	Minjavan
Rural District	Minjavan-e Gharbi
Population (2006)
• Total	40
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Yusoflu (Persian: يوسفلو‎‎, also Romanized as Yūsoflū; also known as Yusupli)^[1] is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 40, in 8 families.^[2] According to a more recent and, perhaps, reliable statistics the population is 26 people in 6 families.^[3]

Notable people

The second generation of immigrants from Yusoflu have achieved significant success in national level. A brief list is the following:

• Yousef Ali Abbasabad,^[4] a prolific scholar and writer^[5]
• Arsalan Fathipor, chairman of the economic commission in the Iranian Parliament^[6]
• Houssein Rezapour, a poet with the pen name "Razi"^[5]
• Prof. Shahram Rezapour, a young internationally recognized mathematician^[7]
• Yaqoob Rezapour, ophthalmologist^[8]

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  Forests around the village

References

1. Yusoflu can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088723" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
4. "پورتال دانشگاه پیام نور-دانشگاه ادبیات و علوم انسانی". pnu.ac.ir.
5. "NOSA BOOKS".
6. "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی ارسلان فتحی پور". fathipor.com.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.