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Kujuvar

A historical district in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, 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 revisionNov 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ15238924
Source-derived summary

Kujuvar (Persian: كوجووار) is a neighborhood in the city of Tabriz in the Central District of Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kujuvar's population was 5,661 in 1,498 households, when it was the village of Kojaabad in Aji Chay Rural District. (It had been transferred from Sard-e Sahra Rural District in 1997.) The following census in 2011 counted 5,965 people in 1,744 households, by which time the village's name had been changed to Kujuvar. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 6,001 people in 1,881 households. Kujuvar was annexed by the city of Tabriz in 2018.

Editorial summary

“Kujuvar” enters the record as a historical district in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kujuvar, historical and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 1997, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kujuvar, historical and district.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

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 Nov 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15238924. Authority coordinates are 38.061, 46.138. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 1997, 2011 and 2016.

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
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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 “Kujuvar”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kujuvar primary sources, Kujuvar archive and Kujuvar 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 “Kujuvar”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Kujuvar” 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.