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Zonuz

city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ219963 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zonuz (Persian: زنوز) is a city in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,618 in 826 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,626 people in 802 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,465 people in 843 households.

Editorial summary

“Zonuz” enters the record as city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zonuz, city and East can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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—2006, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Zonuz, city and East.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Zonuz” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zonuz, city and East provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

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 28, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q219963. Authority coordinates are 38.588, 45.830. 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.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Zonuz”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zonuz primary sources, Zonuz archive and Zonuz 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 “Zonuz”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Zonuz” 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.