Qarah Shiran
{{Short description|Village in Ardabil province, Iran}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|قره شيران}}
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Ardabil
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Nir
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Central
|subdivision_type4 = Rural District
|subdivision_name4 = Yurchi-ye Gharbi
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 491
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|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{coord|37|58|19|N|48|00|56|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Qarah Shiran ({{langx|fa|قره شيران}}){{efn|Also romanized as Qarah Shīrān and Qareh Shīrān; also known as Karashinar and Qara Chenār{{GEOnet3|-3079756|Qarah Shiran}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Yurchi-ye Gharbi Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ardabil County under East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110106|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022231243/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110106|archive-date=22 October 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|date=8 February 1391|access-date=29 November 2023|id=Notification 110700/T383}} in the Central District of Nir County, Ardabil province, Iran.
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 720 in 176 households, when it was in Kuraim District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ardabil Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094514/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 617 people in 193 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ardabil Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115211527/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-date=15 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 491 people in 159 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ardabil Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322123220/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=22 March 2019}}
The rural district was transferred to the Central District in 2019.{{cite report|title=Cancellation of paragraph (a) of letter of approval No. 232800/T41576K dated 25/11/1388 regarding national divisions in Ardabil province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/264293|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707064129/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/264293|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=7 July 2019|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2019|orig-date=Approved 4 July 2017|access-date=24 August 2024|id=Amendment to 232800/T41576K}}
See also
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{{Ardabil Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Nir County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Populated places in Nir County
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