Kordovan-e Sofla
village in Iran
Kordovan-e Sofla (Persian: كردوان سفلي) is a village in Kabgan Rural District of Kaki District in Dashti County, Bushehr province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 565 in 142 households. The following census in 2011 counted 568 people in 165 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 509 people in 160 households.
“Kordovan-e Sofla” enters the record as village in Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kordovan-e, Sofla and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Kordovan-e Sofla” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kordovan-e, Sofla and village provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6431563. Authority coordinates are 28.169, 51.404. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. 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
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 “Kordovan-e Sofla”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Kordovan-e Sofla primary sources, Kordovan-e Sofla archive and Kordovan-e 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 “Kordovan-e Sofla”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kordovan-e Sofla” 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.