Yam Rural District
rural district in Razavi Khorasan, Iran
Yam Rural District (Persian: دهستان يام) is in Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Yam.
History
In 2010, Khoshab District was separated from Sabzevar County in the establishment of Khoshab County, and Yam Rural District was created in the new Meshkan District.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2011 National Census, the rural district's population was 5,491 in 1,602 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 4,679 in 1,634 households. The most populous of its 37 villages was Dahaneh-ye Shur, with 753 people.
“Yam Rural District” enters the record as rural district in Razavi Khorasan, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rural, District and rural can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Yam Rural District” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Rural, District and rural 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 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8047562. Authority coordinates are 36.750, 58.167. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2011 and 2016.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Yam Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Yam 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.