Rankuh District
district in Iran
Rankuh District (Persian: بخش رانکوه) is in Amlash County, Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Rankuh.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 16,392 in 4,619 households. The following census in 2011 counted 15,379 people in 4,947 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 14,804 inhabitants in 5,357 households.
The public source identifies “Rankuh District” as district in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rankuh, District and district.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rankuh District”, the useful work is to connect “district in Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
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 Dec 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4813347. Authority coordinates are 36.983, 50.167. 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.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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.
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Three-step research path
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This entry incorporates text from “Rankuh District” 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.