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Kah Sara

village in Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5860986
Source-derived summary

Kah Sara (Persian: كاه سرا) is a neighborhood in the village of Qaleh Shahin Rural District in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kah Sara's population was 475 in 97 households, when it was a village. The following census in 2011 counted 463 people in 116 households.

After the census, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Qaleh Shahin District. The villages of Kah Sara and Qaleh Gelineh merged with the village of Davazdah Emam.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kah Sara” as village in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sara, village and Iran.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sara, village and Iran providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kah Sara”, the useful work is to connect “village in Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5860986. Authority coordinates are 34.369, 45.969. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 2011.

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 “Kah Sara”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kah Sara primary sources, Kah Sara archive and Sara 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 “Kah Sara”?
  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 Kah Sara” 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.