Taleqan County

Taleqan County (Persian: شهرستان طالقان‎‎) is a county in Alborz Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Taleqan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 25,781, in 7,574 families. The county has one district: the Central District. The county has one city: Taleqan.

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 (As much as there is politics in Tehran, there is snow here).

Situation

Several famous people came from Taleqan; such as: the well-known Iranian revolutionary clergy Ayatolah Seyed Mahmoud Taleghani, Darvish Khan (famous musician), Abdolmajid Taleqani brought Shikasta Nastaʿlīq to the peak of perfection, Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi , Dr. Heshmat Taleqani, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, contemporary calligrapher Gholam Hossein Amirkhani, and author Mohammad Davoudi. 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.

Taleqan

Taleqan (Persian: طالقان‎‎, also Romanized as Ţāleqān) is a city in the capital of Taleqan County, Alborz Province, Iran. Native people from Taleqan speak Tati language. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,281, in 988 families.

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Taleqan (disambiguation)

Taleqan is a city in Alborz Province, Iran.

Taleqan (Persian: طالقان‎‎) or Taleqani may also refer to:

Taleqan-ye Do

Taleqan-ye Do (Persian: طالقان دو‎‎, meaning "Taleqan 2", also Romanized as Ţāleqān-ye Do and Ţāleghānī-ye Do) is a village in Kashkan Rural District, Shahivand District, Dowreh County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 273, in 56 families.

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