Marhemetabad-e Miyani Rural District
rural district in West Azerbaijan, Iran
Marhemetabad-e Miyani Rural District (Persian: دهستان مرحمتآباد مياني) is in Firuzabad District of Chaharborj County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Firuzabad.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of Marhemetabad District in Miandoab County) was 6,739 in 1,526 households. There were 6,839 inhabitants in 1,836 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 6,667 in 1,990 households. The most populous of its seven villages was Fesenduz (now in Fesenduz Rural District), with 2,461 people.
In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Chaharborj County and renamed the Central District. The rural district was transferred to the new Firuzabad District.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Marhemetabad-e Miyani Rural District” as rural district in West Azerbaijan, 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 West Azerbaijan, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15071675. Authority coordinates are 37.100, 45.917. 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
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Marhemetabad-e Miyani 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.