Rahjerd, Hamadan
village in Iran
Rahjerd (Persian: راهجرد) is a village in Shur Dasht Rural District of Shara District in Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 512 in 102 households. The following census in 2011 counted 255 people in 64 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 192 people in 46 households.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Rahjerd, Hamadan” is village in Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Rahjerd, Hamadan and village, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in Iran” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
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 Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7283465. Authority coordinates are 34.606, 49.109. 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.
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
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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 “Rahjerd, Hamadan” 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.