Delik Yarqan
village in Ardabil, Iran
Delik Yarqan (Persian: دليكيارقان) is a village in Darrehrud-e Shomali Rural District of Darrehrud District in Ungut County, Ardabil province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 53 in 12 households, when it was in Angut-e Gharbi Rural District of Ungut District in Germi County. The following census in 2011 counted 46 people in 13 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 42 people in 14 households.
In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Ungut County and renamed the Central District. Delik Yarqan was transferred to Darrehrud-e Shomali Rural District created in the new Darrehrud District.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Delik Yarqan” is village in Ardabil, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Delik, Yarqan 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.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16955710. Authority coordinates are 39.117, 47.546. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2019.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Delik Yarqan” 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.