Qalat, Evaz
village in Iran
Qalat (Persian: قلات) is a village in, and the capital of, Qalat Rural District of Bid Shahr District, Evaz County, Fars province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 808 in 152 households, when it was in Bid Shahr Rural District of the former Evaz District of Larestan County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,064 people in 240 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 872 people in 228 households.
In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Evaz County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Bid Shahr District. Qalat was transferred to Qalat Rural District created in the district.
The public source identifies “Qalat, Evaz” as village in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Qalat, Evaz and village.
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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 Q5797307. Authority coordinates are 27.907, 53.905. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2018.
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This entry incorporates text from “Qalat, Evaz” 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.