Garakan

This article is about the village in Achtian County, Markazi Province, Iran. For the village in Farahan County, Markazi Province, Iran, see Karkan-e Bala. For the administrative subdivision, see Garakan Rural District.

Garakan گركان
village
Garakan
Coordinates: 34°33′04″N 49°57′44″E / 34.55111°N 49.96222°E / 34.55111; 49.96222Coordinates: 34°33′04″N 49°57′44″E / 34.55111°N 49.96222°E / 34.55111; 49.96222
Country	Iran
Province	Markazi
County	Ashtian
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Garakan
Population (2006)
• Total	799
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Garakan (Persian: گركان‎‎, also Romanized as Garakān and Gerakān )^[1] is a village in Garakan Rural District, in the Central District of Ashtian County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 799, in 245 families.^[2]

References

↑ Garakan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3063490" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

Ashtian County

Capital

Ashtian

Districts

Central

Cities

Ashtian

Rural Districts
and villages

Garakan	Ahu Bon Chenar Garakan Khvorcheh Mohsenabad Musaabad Naderabad Sadabad Seqer Juq Shureh-ye Bala Shureh-ye Pain Zarnusheh

Mazraeh Now	Amirabad Ananjerd Baharestan Do Gush Hezarabad Kardijan Khvorakabad Kushkak Mazraeh Now Mohammadabad Saidabad Salehabad Sarahrud Varsan

Siyavashan	Cheshmeh-ye Allahverdi Dastjerdeh Feyzabad Jafarabad Najafabad Nowdeh Nurabad Siyavashan

It is said that the village took its name after its Zoroastrian inhabitants as ‘Gebr-Makan’ which means the place of Zoroastrians, Gebr = Zoroastrian & ‘Makan’= place in Persian. It is also said that the village’s name was changed after a certain period of time by its inhabitants through different pronunciation to Garakan.

.گرکان نام روستایی از توابع آشتیان در استان مرکزی است که محل تولد بزرگانی همچون دکتر عبدالعظیم قریب و دکتر عبدالکریم قریب و دکتر محمد قریب می باشد

One of the famous Iranians , Doctor Mohammad Gharib was one of the most famous Iranian physician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics who was originally from Garakan. Doctor Mohammad Gharib is known as Father of Iranian Pediatrics. He was a graduate of Paris University Medical School . Garakan has been shown in the TV serie Roozegar-e Gharib as a village where has been annually visited by doctor Mohammad Gharib. Doctor visited Garakan once a year with luggage full of medicines to help and cure his people.

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