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Mohr, Fars

city in Fars Province, 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 revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ2617085 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mohr (Persian: مهر) is a city in the Central District of Mohr County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It also serves as the administrative center for Mohr Rural District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,188 in 1,316 households. The following census in 2011 counted 7,823 people in 1,834 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,784 people in 2,170 households.

Economy

Mohr's main industries are based on its rich gas sources. Tabnak, Homa, Shanol, and Varavi are important gas zones in this region. It has a dry hot climate.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mohr, Fars” as city in Fars Province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mohr, Fars and city.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mohr, Fars and city providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

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 Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2617085. Authority coordinates are 27.551, 52.882. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.

Critical limits

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.

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  • 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 “Mohr, Fars”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mohr, Fars primary sources, Mohr, Fars archive and Mohr 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 “Mohr, Fars”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Mohr, Fars” 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.