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Qareh Aghach

village in Golestan, Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7266782 ↗
Source-derived summary

Qareh Aghach (Persian: قره آغاچ) is a village in Zavkuh Rural District of Pishkamar District in Kalaleh County, Golestan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,426 in 282 households, when it was in Tamran Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,531 people in 380 households, by which time Zavkuh Rural District had been separated from the district in the formation of Pishkamar District. Qareh Aghach was transferred to the same rural district. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,445 people in 396 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Qareh Aghach” as village in Golestan, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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. The account is most persuasive where Qareh, Aghach and village can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Golestan, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

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 Q7266782. Authority coordinates are 37.804, 55.672. 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.

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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

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 “Qareh Aghach”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Qareh Aghach primary sources, Qareh Aghach archive and Qareh 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 “Qareh Aghach”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Qareh Aghach” 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.