Chehel Man Sang-e Sofla
village in Iran
Chehel Man Sang-e Sofla (Persian: چهل من سنگ سفلي) is a village in Abravan Rural District of Razaviyeh District in Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 857 in 175 households. The following census in 2011 counted 902 people in 224 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,005 people in 268 households.
The public source identifies “Chehel Man Sang-e Sofla” as village in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chehel, Sang-e and Sofla.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Chehel Man Sang-e Sofla”, the useful work is to connect “village in Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
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 Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5804611. Authority coordinates are 35.890, 60.050. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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 “Chehel Man Sang-e Sofla” 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.