Arak, Iran
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Industries

Arak is one of the main industrial cities of Iran, possessing many plants for heavy industries especially for the metal and machinery industries, including:
  • Machin Sazi Arak
    Machin Sazi Arak
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     (MSA) and AzarAb factories (producing heavy machinery such as boiler
    Boiler
    A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications.-Materials:...

    s and chemical reactor
    Chemical reactor
    In chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain chemical reactions. The design of a chemical reactor deals with multiple aspects of chemical engineering. Chemical engineers design reactors to maximize net present value for the given reaction...

    s)
  • Wagon Pars
    Wagon Pars
    Wagon Pars is an Iranian train manufacturing company established in 1974, in Arak, Iran.Products include locomotives, trains, metros, freight and fuel wagons, and equipment for passenger boarding of aircraft.-History:...

     (train manufacturer)
  • Iranian Aluminium Company (IrAlCo)
  • HEPCO
    HEPCO
    Heavy Equipment Production Company is an Iranian company producing road construction equipment in Iran and the Middle East.Hepco of Iran also assembles Japanese Komatsu construction equipment.-History:...

     (heavy road construction vehicles)
  • Navard Aluminum
  • Iran Combine Manufacturing Company
    Iran Combine Manufacturing Company
    -History:Iran combine Manufacturing Co. was established and registered in 1969 under the name of Jansaz and started production of agricultural machinery with a capacity of 20,000 tones per annum....

     (Combine-Sazi-e Iran)
  • Arak Oil Refinery Company
    National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company
    National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company is part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIORDC was established on March 8, 1992 and undertook to perform all operations relating to refining and distribution of oil products....

  • Arak Petrochemical Company
    National Iranian Petrochemical Company
    The National Iranian Petrochemical Company , a subsidiary to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry, is owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible for the development and operation of the country's petrochemical sector. Founded in 1964, NIPC began its activities by operating...

     (ARPC)
  • Heavy Water
    Heavy water
    Heavy water is water highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium; e.g., heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction...

     production plant
  • Power plant and a low power (less than 40 megawatts) heavy water nuclear power plant (IR-40
    IR-40
    IR-40 is an Iranian 40 megawatt heavy water reactor under construction in Arak. While the basic design was completed in 2002, the IAEA was informed on May 5, 2003 that construction would begin in June 2004...

    ).

Universities

  • University of Arak
    University of Arak
    University of Arak is a university in Arak, in Markazi Province of Iran.The university was established in 1971 as The College of Marjan with the assistance of the University of Tehran and Tarbiat Moallem University....

  • Arak University of Medical Sciences
    Arak University of Medical Sciences
    Arak University of Medical Sciences is a medical sciences university in Arak, Iran....

  • Amirkabir University of Arak
  • Iran University of Science and Technology
    Iran University of Science and Technology
    The Iran University of Science and Technology is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies...

    ,Arak Campus
  • Islamic Azad University of Arak
    Islamic Azad University of Arak
    Islamic Azad University-Arak is a private university in Arak, Iran.The university was established in 1985 to further satisfy the growing need for an academic institution in the city of Arak...


Demography

There are a diversity of Iranian ethnicities living in the city. They include Persians
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

 and Lurs
Lurs
Lurs are an Iranic people living mainly in south-western Iran. Their population is estimated at above two million. They occupy Lorestan, Bakhtiari, and Kuh-Gilu-Boir Ahmed. "....

. Also, in the Safavid era, Armenians
Armenians in Iran
Iranian-Armenians , sometimes called Persian-Armenians, are Iranian citizens of Armenian origin. Their number is about 100,000. However, recent estimates put the numbers between 40,000-80,000 due to emigration. They mostly live in Tehran and Jolfa district, Isfahan...

 had settled in the Arak area, but their numbers have declined due to migration to Tehran.

Agriculture and handicrafts

The main agricultural products are grain, barley, and fruits which are grape, apple, walnut and almond. Arak also exports hand-knotted carpets which are generally referred to as Sarouk (Saruk or Sarough) rugs
Sarouk Rug
A Sarouk Rug is a type of Persian rug from the province of Arak in Iran.Sarouk rugs are those woven in the village of Saruk and also the city of Arak, Iran and the surrounding countryside. Sarouk rugs have been produced for much of the last century. The early successes of the Sarouk rug are...

. Sarouk is a small village outside of Arak, and its name is used when exporting carpets so consumers do not get confused with rug from Iraq.

Notable people from Arak

Statesmen and politicians:
  • Ghaem Magham Farahani
    Ghaem Magham Farahani
    Mirza Abolghasem Ghaem Magham Farahani or Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani Qá'im Maqam was an Iranian Prime Minister in the early 19th century....

     (1779–1835), Prime Minister, was born in Arak, in a Northern region named Farahan.
  • Amir Kabir
    Amir Kabir
    Amir Kabir , also known as Mirza Taghi Khan Amir-Nezam , also known by the titles of Atabak and Amir-e Nezam; chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar for the first three years of his reign and one of the most capable and innovative figures to appear in the whole Qajar period...

     (1807 - January 11, 1852), Prime Minister, was born in Arak, in a northern region known as Hezaveh.
  • Morteza Gholi Bayat
    Morteza Gholi Bayat
    Morteza Gholi Bayat was a Prime Minister of Iran.Born in Arak, Iran into a family of Irans' ancient tribal nobility, Chieftains of the Bayat tribe, to Haj Abbas Qoli-Khan Saham al-Molk Araki, he first founded the Democratic party of Arak.He was heavily involved in the termination of the Qajar...

     (1890–1958), Prime Minister (1944–45), was born in Arak.
  • Mohammad Mosaddegh(1882–1967), Prime Minister (May 1951-July 1952; August 1952-53), was born in Tehran; his father was from Ashtiyan, north eastern region of Arak.
  • Ata'ollah Mohajerani
    Ata'ollah Mohajerani
    Ata'ollah Mohajerani , , is an Iranian historian, politician, journalist, and author. Ata`ollah Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under reformist President Mohammad Khatami until 2000 when he was resigned from office for alleged permissiveness."-Overview:Dr...

    , He was one of Khatami
    Khatami
    -Politicians:* Mohammad Khatami , Iranian reformist President, former President of Iran * Mohammad Reza Khatami , Iranian reformist politician, Vice Speaker of Iranian Parliament and brother of Mohammad Khatami...

    's cabinet ministers during the power of reformists.


Artists and literary figures:
  • Parvin E'tesami
    Parvin E'tesami
    Parvin E'tesami , also Parvin Etesami was a 20th century Persian poet of Iran. According to Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, her given name was Rakhshanda .-Life:...

     (1907–1941), the Iranian Poet, was born in Tabriz in 1907; her father was from Ashtiyan, north eastern region of Arak.
  • Behjat Sadr
    Behjat Sadr
    Behjat Sadr was an Iranian painter whose works have been exhibited in major cities across the world, such as New York, Paris, and Rome. She was born to parents Mohammad Sadr Mahallati and Ghamar Amini Sadr in Arak in 1924. Sadr began her studies at the University of Tehran faculty of fine arts...

     (1924–2009), Iran's first eminent female Painter.
  • Kader Abdolah
    Kader Abdolah
    Kader Abdolah is a Persian–Dutch writer, poet and columnist. He has written books and many articles in Dutch and is known for using Persian literary items in his Dutch works...

    , the Dutch
    Dutch language
    Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

     Writer Laureate.
  • Jahangir Razmi
    Jahangir Razmi
    Jahangir Razmi is an award-winning Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. His photograph, Firing Squad in Iran, was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in the Iranian daily Ettela'at, the oldest still running...

    , the 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner Photographer.


Sportsman:
  • Mansour Bahrami
    Mansour Bahrami
    Mansour Bahrami is a professional tennis player. He has held dual French and Iranian nationality since 1989.-Early life:...

    , famous tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

     player.


Media/Television:
  • Reza Badiyi
    Reza Badiyi
    Reza Sayed Badiyi was an Iranian-American film director. Badiyi was well known for directing episodes of many popular television series...

    , well known for directing episodes of many popular (and quite distinct) American television series, including Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, The Incredible Hulk, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files and Police Squad, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Falcon Crest, Cagney and Lacey, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the episode "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"), Nikita, Sliders and Baywatch, amongst others.

External links

  • Arãk entries in the Encyclopaedia Iranica
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