Il Gavark Rural District
rural district in West Azerbaijan, Iran
Il Gavark Rural District (Persian: دهستان ايل گورك) is in the Central District of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Golulan-e Sofla.
Demographics
Ethnicity
The rural district is the homeland of the Gavark tribe.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 5,798 in 919 households. There were 5,179 inhabitants in 1,207 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 4,596 in 1,266 households. The most populous of its 25 villages was Golulan-e Sofla, with 402 people.
The public source identifies “Il Gavark Rural District” as rural district in West Azerbaijan, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gavark, Rural and District.
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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 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15055438. Authority coordinates are 36.367, 45.833. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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Three-step research path
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This entry incorporates text from “Il Gavark 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.