Talk:Sarpol-e Zahab

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:57, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sarpole Zahab → Sar-e Pol-e Zahab – per WP:COMMONNAME

According to GeoNames Map Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb

According to GeoNames Search (this is not almighty but helpful)

as administrative division:

Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (Approved)

as populated place:

Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (Approved), سر پل ذهاب (Native Script), Pol-e Z̄ahāb (Variant), Pol-e Z̄ohāb (Variant), Sar-e Pol-e Z̄ahāb (Variant), Sarī-Pūl (Variant), Sar-ī-Pūl Zūhāb (Variant), Sarpol (Variant)

According to google books:

"Sarpole Zahab" -Llc 1

And as long as I understand, Hulwan is historical site.

"Sarpol-e Zahab" -Llc 3 (-2)
"Sar-e Pul-e Zohab" -Llc 2
"Sar Pul-i Zohab" -Llc 5 (-1)
"Sar Pul-e Zohab" -Llc 2, The Cambridge History of Iran is good source, but this name is used with German language.
"Sar Pol-e Zohab" -Llc 13, but 8 of 13 are used in books written in German language.
"Sarpol-e Zohab" -Llc 11, 3 of 11 are used in books written in German language.
"Sar pol-e Zahab" -Llc 11 (-4)
"Sar-e Pol-e Zahab" -Llc 39
"Sar-e Pol-e Zohab" -Llc 23

-- Takabeg (talk) 14:07, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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