Roshtkhar
city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Roshtkhar (Persian: رشتخوار) is a city in the Central District of Roshtkhar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,123 in 1,278 households. The following census in 2011 counted 6,686 people in 1,703 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,514 people in 2,113 households.
“Roshtkhar” enters the record as city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Roshtkhar, city and Razavi can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Roshtkhar” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Roshtkhar, city and Razavi provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 Mar 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q581373. Authority coordinates are 34.975, 59.625. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. 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.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Roshtkhar” 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.