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Soharin Rural District

rural district in Zanjan province, Iran

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ17992316 ↗
Source-derived summary

Soharin Rural District (Persian: دهستان سهرين) is in Qareh Poshtelu District of Zanjan County, Zanjan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Soharin.

History

Soharin Rural District was created in Qareh Poshtelu District in 2013.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2016 National Census, the rural district's population was 6,349 in 1,949 households. The most populous of its 16 villages was Soharin, with 2,424 people.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Soharin Rural District” as rural district in Zanjan province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Soharin, Rural and District can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as rural district in Zanjan province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

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 Mar 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17992316. Authority coordinates are 36.854, 48.425. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 2016.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Soharin Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Soharin Rural District primary sources, Soharin Rural District archive and Soharin research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Soharin Rural District”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Soharin Rural 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.