Shoja Mahalleh
village in Iran
Shoja Mahalleh (Persian: شجاع محله) is a village in Langarud-e Sharqi Rural District of the Central District in Abbasabad County, Mazandaran province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 308 in 83 households, when it was in Langarud Rural District of the former Abbasabad District in Tonekabon County. The following census in 2011 counted 328 people in 104 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Abbasabad County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District and renamed Langarud-e Sharqi Rural District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 321 people in 108 households.
“Shoja Mahalleh” enters the record as village in Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shoja, Mahalleh and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Shoja Mahalleh” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Shoja, Mahalleh and village provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5757290. Authority coordinates are 36.693, 51.108. 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.
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This entry incorporates text from “Shoja Mahalleh” 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.