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