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Gomishan District

former district in Golestan province, Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ130573803 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gomishan District (Persian: بخش گمیشان) is a former administrative division of Torkaman County, Golestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Gomish Tappeh.

History

In 2009, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 58,725 in 11,828 households.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Gomishan, District and former can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as former district in Golestan province, 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 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q130573803. Authority coordinates are 37.150, 54.183. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2006.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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 “Gomishan District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Gomishan District primary sources, Gomishan District archive and Gomishan 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 “Gomishan 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 “Gomishan 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.