Zangelan-e Sofla
village in Iran
Zangelan-e Sofla (Persian: زنگلان سفلي) is a village in Hajjilar-e Jonubi Rural District of Hajjilar District in Chaypareh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 734 in 167 households, when it was in Hajjilar Rural District of the former Chaypareh District in Khoy County. The following census in 2011 counted 585 people in 193 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Chaypareh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Hajjilar District and renamed Hajjilar-e Jonubi Rural District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 581 people in 201 households.
The public source identifies “Zangelan-e Sofla” as village in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zangelan-e, Sofla and village.
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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 Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5731514. Authority coordinates are 38.856, 45.132. 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 “Zangelan-e Sofla” 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.