Osku (Oskoo) City

Osku (or Oskoo) is one of the cities of East Azerbaijan province and the center of Osku county and located to the southwest of Tabriz, on the northwestern slope of Sahand mountain, on an altitude of 1579 meters above sea level.
Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku (Thumbnail)
Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku
Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku (Thumbnail)
Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku
Osku (Oskoo) Osku (Oskoo) (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo)
Osku (Oskoo) Osku (Oskoo) (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan (Thumbnail)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan
Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province (Thumbnail)
Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province
Osku (or Oskoo) is one of the cities of East Azerbaijan province and the center of Osku county and located to the southwest of Tabriz, on the northwestern slope of Sahand mountain, on an altitude of 1579 meters above sea level.

In the past, there was a city on the slope of Sahand mountain and to the east of lake Urmia named "Ush Kaya" (Oshkaya or Ushkaia), which seems  to have been situated at the location of current Osku city. The name of this city appears on the inscriptions of Argishti I and Sargon II (the Assyrian king). Hamdallah Mustawfi, in his book Nezahat al-Qulub, considers Osku as one of the largest villages of Bavil region which neighbors Bavil, Khosrowshah, Fassaghandis and Milan villages. Naderi aslo, in Alam Ara, introduces this village as one of the most prosperous regions of Azerbaijan. During the events of the Constitutional Revolution, the people of Osku rose in protest alongside the people of Tabriz against Soviet Cossacks and government forces.

The inhabitants of Osku are Azerbaijani Turks and they speak in this ancient language (Azerbaijani Turkish). Three rivers of Osku Chay, Kandvan Chay and Molla Heidar Arkhi are flowing in this city whose sources are located in Sahand Mountains.
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Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku
Jameh Mosque (Sabzeh Meydan) - Osku
Osku (Oskoo)
Osku (Oskoo)
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azarbaijan
Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province
Osku (Oskoo) - East Azerbaijan
Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province
Kandovan Village, Osku, East Azerbaijan Province
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Category: Villages
Kandovan Village lies 62 km. southwest of Tabriz and 22km. south of Oskoo (Osku) in East Azerbaijan Province. From the architectural point of views this village ...
Underground and historic Hilehvar village (Hileh Var) related to Ilkhani era has been located in distance of 3 kilometers from rocky village of Kandovan near Osku ...
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