Tarkhuran

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Coordinates: 34°56′21″N 50°23′1″E / 34.93917°N 50.38361°E / 34.93917; 50.38361 Tarkhuran or Ţarkhūrān or Tarkhowran (Persian:تارخوران) is a town in Tafresh County, Markazi Province, Iran. It is located in an upland valley at an elevation of 970 m. Water for irrigation comes from mountain springs and is delivered by a qanat system.[1]

Since the 14th century it has been one of the two large villages in the Tafresh District, the other being Fam.[1] Fam is 4.2 km and Tafresh is 2.5 km away.

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  1. ^ a b Hamd-Allah, Mustaufi al-Kazwini (1919) The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat Al Qulub E.J. Brill, London, p. 73, OCLC 10599003

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