Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District
rural district in East Azerbaijan, Iran
Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District (Persian: دهستان ديزمار غربي) is in Siah Rud District of Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Siah Rud.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 3,437 in 853 households. There were 3,467 inhabitants in 931 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,191 in 1,021 households. The most populous of its five villages was Iri-ye Sofla, with 1,800 people.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District” is rural district in East Azerbaijan, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Dizmar-e, Gharbi and Rural, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “rural district in East Azerbaijan, 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 Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5939576. Authority coordinates are 38.783, 46.017. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District primary sources, Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District archive and Dizmar-e research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural District”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dizmar-e Gharbi Rural 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.