Rudehen, Iran
city in Tehran Province, Iran
Rudehen (Persian: رودهن) is a city in, and the capital of, Rudehen District of Damavand County, Tehran province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
Rudehen's municipality was founded in 1965. According to the 1976 National Census, the population of Rudehen and suburbs was 5,237, out of which 6.57% lived in the town and the remainder in the surrounding villages. Rudehen had a population of about 12,000 when the Islamic Azad University (IAU) was founded in 1983. They were mostly local, established families who, until the university development, comprised the village population. Local commuting patterns, housing, and job development increased dramatically with the establishment of the university.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,535 in 5,693 households. The following census in 2011 counted 21,477 people in 6,627 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 28,533 people in 9,150 households.
Overview
Rudehen is just past the fork between Haraz and Firoozkooh roads.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Rudehen, Iran” as city in Tehran Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Tehran Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1771945. Authority coordinates are 35.733, 51.906. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1965, 1976, 1983 and 2006.
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
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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 “Rudehen, Iran” 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.