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Haftkel District

former district in Khuzestan province, Iran

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ131626289 ↗
Source-derived summary

Haftkel District (Persian: بخش هفتکل) is a former administrative division of Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Haftkel.

History

After the 2006 National Census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Haftkel County.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 22,633 in 4,711 households.

Editorial summary

“Haftkel District” enters the record as former district in Khuzestan province, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Haftkel, District and former can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Haftkel, District and former.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Haftkel District” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Haftkel, District and former provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

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 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q131626289. Authority coordinates are 31.550, 49.450. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006.

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 “Haftkel District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Haftkel District primary sources, Haftkel District archive and Haftkel 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 “Haftkel District”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Haftkel 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.