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Dabudasht District

district in Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ5207561 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dabudasht District (Persian: بخش دابودشت) is in Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dabudasht.

History

In 2012, Dabuy-ye Miyani Rural District was created in the district, and Dasht-e Sar Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Dasht-e Sar District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 74,687 in 19,356 households. The following census in 2011 counted 76,553 people in 22,587 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 39,476 inhabitants in 13,303 households.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dabudasht District” as district in Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2006, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Dabudasht, District and district can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as district in Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5207561. Authority coordinates are 36.417, 52.450. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2006, 2011 and 2016.

Critical limits

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

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dabudasht District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dabudasht District primary sources, Dabudasht District archive and Dabudasht research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dabudasht District”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Dabudasht District” 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.