Esku_Mahalleh
Emamzadeh Abdollah, Amol
City in Mazandaran province, Iran
Emamzadeh Abdollah (Persian: امامزاده عبدالله, also Romanized as Emāmzādeh ‘Abdollāh), formerly Esku Mahalleh (Persian: اسكومحله, also Romanized as Eskū Maḩalleh, Oskoo Mahalleh, Oskū Mahalīeh, and Oskū Maḩalleh)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Emamzadeh Abdollah District of Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Bala Khiyaban-e Litkuh Rural District.[5]
At the 2006 census, its population was 3,940 in 938 households, when it was a village in Bala Khiyaban-e Litkuh Rural District of the Central District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,505 people in 1,282 households,[7] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Emamzadeh Abdollah District.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,768 people in 1,809 households, when the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[2]