Makatu
# Makatu

Makatu (Persian: مكتو, also romanized as Makatū) is a village in Charuymaq-e Shomalesharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Hashtrud County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 168, in 41 families.

## Name

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name "Makatu" is derived from the Mongolian word meketü, meaning $"sly".^{:77}$

