Chaleh Tarkhan
Chaleh Tarkhan Persian: چاله طرخان | |
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Village | |
35°29′55″N 51°28′38″E / 35.49861°N 51.47722°E / 35.49861; 51.47722[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Tehran |
County | Ray |
District | Qaleh Now |
Rural District | Chaleh Tarkhan |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 601 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Chaleh Tarkhan (Persian: چاله طرخان)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Chaleh Tarkhan Rural District of Qaleh Now District of Ray County, Tehran province, Iran.[4]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 658 in 172 households, when it was in Qaleh Now Rural District of Kahrizak District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 696 people in 195 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 601 people in 180 households,[2] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Qaleh Now District, including the new Chaleh Tarkhan Rural District, to which Chaleh Tarkhan was transferred.[4]
History
Stucco wall decorations, dating from the Sassanid Empire, are preserved at Chaleh Tarkhan. In the late 1930s, Erich Schmidt of the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, led an expedition that excavated Chaleh Tarkhan.[7][8]
See also
Iran portal
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (26 December 2023). "Chaleh Tarkhan, Ray County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Chaleh Tarkhan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "223482" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (24 March 2013). "Approval letter regarding country divisions in Ray County". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Expedition Magazine - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Fragment of pitcher". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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