Qaleh Kharabeh, Semnan
village in Semnan, Iran
Qaleh Kharabeh (Persian: قلعه خرابه) is a village in Kohanabad Rural District of Kohanabad District in Aradan County, Semnan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 65 in 21 households, when it was in the former Aradan District of Garmsar County. The following census in 2011 counted 46 people in 16 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 66 people in 26 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Aradan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District, and later that year, it was separated from the district in the formation of Kohanabad District.
“Qaleh Kharabeh, Semnan” enters the record as village in Semnan, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Qaleh, Kharabeh and Semnan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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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 Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7266246. Authority coordinates are 35.208, 52.377. 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.
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This entry incorporates text from “Qaleh Kharabeh, Semnan” 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.