Taleqan County is a county

Counties of Iran

The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Markazi Province

Markazi Province

Markazi Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The word markazi means central in Persian. Markazi lies in western Iran. Its capital is Arak. Its population is estimated at 1.35 million...

 in 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...

. The capital of the county is Taleqan

Taleqan

Taleqan is a city in and the capital of Taleqan County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,281, in 988 families....

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 25,781, in 7,574 families. The county has one district: the Central District

Central District (Taleqan County)

The Central District of Taleqan County is a district in Taleqan County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 25,781, in 7,574 families. The District has one city: Taleqan....

. The county has one city: Taleqan

Taleqan

Taleqan is a city in and the capital of Taleqan County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,281, in 988 families....

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The area is famous for its mild, sunny summers and cold winters. Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar is quoted as saying of Taleqan weather: Har che dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja barf ast (whenever there is talk (of snow) in Tehran, there is snow here).

Situation

Shahrak is the central town of Taleqan. While not large, it has a petrol station, sports centres, schools and stores. Some of the villages in Taleqan include: Dahdar (dehi ba 10 darvazeye vorodi), Fashandak, Barikan, Avanak, Mohsenabad, Donbelid, Gatteh-deh, Gazinan, Gelinak, Geliard, Harandj, Hassanjoon, Joozan, Karkabood, Khosban, Kooladj, Minavand, Segran, segran-chall, Sefech-khani, Hasiran, Sowhan, Khochire etc. Several famous people came from Taleqan; such as : the well-known Iranian revolutionary clergy Ayatolah Seyed Mahmoud Taleqani, Darvish Khan (famous musician), Abdolmajid Taleqani brought Shikasta Nastaʿlīq to the peak of perfection, Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi

Mostafa Ronaghi

Mostafa Ronaghi, born 1968. is a molecular biologist, specializing in DNA sequencing methodology . He earned his Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 1998.He is currently the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Illumina...

 , Dr. Heshmat Taleqani

Heshmat Taleqani

Dr. Ebrahim Heshmat ol Atebba Talequani was a physician in Lahijan and one of Mirza Kuchak Khan's closest friends and allies during the Jangal movement in the Gilan province of northern Iran...

, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad was a prominent Iranian writer, thinker, and social and political critic.-Personal life:...

, contemporary calligrapher Gholam Hossein Amirkhani

Gholam Hossein Amirkhani

Gholam Hossein Amirkhani is a Persian calligrapher, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran.-External links:*...

, and author Mohammad Davoudi

Mohammad Davoudi

Mohammad Davoudi is a scholar of Iranian literature, linguistics, and Persian history. He is famous for edition and Persian translation of Divan-e Amir Pazevari, a 17th century Sufi Tabari poet of Mazandaran...

. In recent years, the construction of Taleqan dam and installation of its hydroelectric project on Shahrood (River) (a right-hand tributary of the Sefīd-Rūd) has added new dimensions to the region's touristic attractions and infrastructure development.

Etymology

Some folk etymology says that the name Taleqan means "separators" in Persian, but Dehkhoda says that: Taleqan root is Talcan from talc because of existence of talc mine there. تالکان
ٍTalc in English is a loan word from Arabic talq, from Pers. talk "talc.". Talc

External links

• Taleqan travel review