Ijrud-e Bala Rural District
rural district in Zanjan, Iran
Ijrud-e Bala Rural District (Persian: دهستان ايجرود بالا) is in the Central District of Ijrud County, Zanjan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Qareh Said. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Zarrinabad, now a city.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 10,025 in 2,342 households. There were 10,768 inhabitants in 3,017 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 10,570 in 3,179 households. The most populous of its 17 villages was Agholbeyk-e Sofla, with 1,155 people.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ijrud-e Bala Rural District” as rural district in Zanjan, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as rural district in Zanjan, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5681252. Authority coordinates are 36.452, 48.408. 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
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Ijrud-e Bala 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.