Jaleq is a city in and the capital of Jaleq District

Jaleq District

Jaleq District is a district in Saravan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 23,211, in 4,441 families. The District has one city: Jaleq....

, in Saravan County

Saravan County

Saravan County is a county in Sistan and Baluchistan in Iran, near to the international border of Pakistan. The capital of the county is Saravan...

, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,903, in 2,594 families. Jaleq is Iran's easternmost city.

Jaleq is near the border with Pakistan and is mainly inhabited by Iranian Baluchis. The name Jaleq is Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

and means "the trodden place".