Gatab-e Shomali Rural District
rural district in Mazandaran, Iran
Gatab-e Shomali Rural District (Persian: دهستان گتاب شمالی) is in Gatab District of Babol County, Mazandaran province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Gatab.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 23,405 in 5,909 households. There were 23,844 inhabitants in 7,076 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 24,650 in 8,240 households. The most populous of its 30 villages was Darzikola-ye Akhundi-ye Pain, with 2,153 people.
The public source identifies “Gatab-e Shomali Rural District” as rural district in Mazandaran, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gatab-e, Shomali and Rural.
Why this record matters
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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 Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5678681. Authority coordinates are 36.450, 52.667. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Gatab-e Shomali 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.