Jafarabad Rural District
rural district in Jafarabad County, Iran
Jafarabad Rural District (Persian: دهستان جعفرآباد) is in the Central District of Jafarabad County, Qom province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Jafarabad. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Gazeran, now the city of Jafariyeh.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of Jafarabad District in Qom County) was 8,699 in 1,995 households. There were 9,716 inhabitants in 2,594 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,676 in 2,760 households. The most populous of its 55 villages was Baqerabad (now in Baqerabad Rural District), with 1,739 people.
In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Jafarabad County and renamed the Central District.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jafarabad Rural District” as rural district in Jafarabad County, 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 Jafarabad County, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6121863. Authority coordinates are 34.818, 50.641. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Jafarabad Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Jafarabad Rural District primary sources, Jafarabad Rural District archive and Jafarabad research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jafarabad Rural District”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Jafarabad 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.