Chehreh Barq
village in Ardabil, Iran
Chehreh Barq (Persian: چهره برق) is a village in Yurtchi-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in Nir County, Ardabil province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 75 in 17 households, when it was in Kuraim District. The following census in 2011 counted 96 people in 26 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 68 people in 21 households.
The rural district was transferred to the Central District in 2019.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Chehreh Barq” is village in Ardabil, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Chehreh, Barq and village, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in Ardabil, Iran” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5089619. Authority coordinates are 37.975, 48.054. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2019.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Chehreh Barq” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.