Taleqan County

Taleqan

شهرستان طالقان
Taleqan شهرستان طالقان
County
	Location in Alborz Province
	Location of Alborz Province in Iran
	Coordinates: 35°29′N 50°35′E / 35.48°N 50.58°ECoordinates: 35°29′N 50°35′E / 35.48°N 50.58°E
Country	Iran
Province	Alborz
Capital	Taleqan
Bakhsh (Districts)	Central District
Population (2006)
• Total	25,781
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRDT)
Area code(s)	0262
Main language(s)	Persian, Tati

Taleqan County (Persian: شهرستان طالقان‎) is a county in Alborz Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Taleqan.^[2] At the 2006 census, the county's population was 25,781, in 7,574 families.^[3] The county has one district: the Central District. The county has one city: Taleqan, which used to be called Shahrak.

The area is known 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).^[4]

Notable people[]

Politics:

- Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Taleghani, Iranian Revolutionary Leader

- Heshmat Taleqani, a leader in Jungle Movement of Gilan

Science:

- Maryam Mirzakhani^[5] first female Fields Medalist

- Reza Mansouri, Physicist

- ^[6]، Historian

- Mostafa Ronaghi, Molecular Biologist

Military:

- Valiollah Fallahi, Major General، Chief of Joint Staff of Iran Army

- Amir-Bahman Bagheri, Major General، Commander of Iran Air Force

Art and Literature:

- Darvish Khan, Musician

- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Writer

- Abdol Majid Taleqani, Calligrapher

- Gholam Hossein Amirkhani, Calligrapher

- Enayatollah Bakhshi, Actor

- Mohammad Davoudi, Writer

Situation[]

In recent years,^[when?] 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 although it is also becoming a serious issue for the environment.^{[citation needed]}

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 Persian talk "talc". Talc

References[]

^ "Dictionary of Tati Language in Taleghan", Mohammad Davoudi and Mohammad-Ali Manouchehri
^ Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
^ Taleqan.net state that Farhad Mirza Mo'tamedoddole - one of the Nasere'ddin Shah's uncles - actually came up with the witticism which went: Mata'e in velayat (Taleqan) dar inhengam sard o ruz bard o bard ast, harche dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja BARF ast. source: Taleqan.net, edited by Nima Asgari
^ "مریم میرزاخانی", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2020-08-29, retrieved 2020-08-29
^ "رضا شعبانی", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2019-10-20, retrieved 2020-08-30

External links[]

Taleqan travel review

[1] "Dictionary of Tati Language in Taleghan", Mohammad Davoudi and Mohammad-Ali Manouchehri

[2] Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران

[3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.

[4] Taleqan.net state that Farhad Mirza Mo'tamedoddole - one of the Nasere'ddin Shah's uncles - actually came up with the witticism which went: Mata'e in velayat (Taleqan) dar inhengam sard o ruz bard o bard ast, harche dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja BARF ast. source: Taleqan.net, edited by Nima Asgari

[5] "مریم میرزاخانی", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2020-08-29, retrieved 2020-08-29

[6] "رضا شعبانی", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2019-10-20, retrieved 2020-08-30

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