Rankuh

{{Short description|City in Gilan province, Iran}}

{{for|the administrative division|Rankuh District}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Amlash

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Rankuh ({{langx|fa|رانكوه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Rānkūh;{{GEOnet3|10978393}} formerly the village of Shabkhus Lat (شبخوس لات)}} is a city in, and the capital of, Rankuh District of Amlash County, in Gilan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=National divisions in Gilan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117861|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703040649/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117861|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=3 July 2012|orig-date=Approved 29 April 1376|date=13 April 1391|id=Proposal 1.4.42.4039; Notification 58690/18397K|access-date=12 December 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Shabkhus Lat Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 10 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Rudsar County under Gilan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110344|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306133630/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110344|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=6 March 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=13 December 2015|id=Proposal 53.1.11702; Notification 117166/T905|access-date=12 December 2023}}{{efn|Formerly Amlash-e Jonubi Rural District{{cite report|title=Creating reforms in the rural districts of Gilan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115536|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213220956/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115536|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=13 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 26 June 1373|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 1.4.42.676|access-date=13 December 2023}}}}