Arangeh ( is a village in

Adaran Rural District Adaran Rural District () is in Asara District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Adaran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of Teh ...

Asara District Asara District () is in Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Asara. History In 2009, three villages merged in the formation of the city of Asara. In 2010, the county was separated from Tehran Tehran (; , ...

Karaj County Karaj County () is in Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Karaj. History In 2009, three villages merged in forming the city of Asara. In 2010, the county separated from Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital ...

Alborz The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 136 in 46 households, when it was in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

province. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 111 people in 45 households, by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of

province.

Overview

Arangeh is in the

Alborz Mountain range The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...

north of

Karaj Karaj (; ) is a List of cities in Iran by province, city in the Central District (Karaj County), Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Earl ...

at the 18km mark of the Chalus road. It includes eight villages: Arangeh Bozorg (ارنگه بزرگ), Abharak (ابهرک), Sijan (سیجان), Sar Ziarat (سرزیارت), Jey (جی),

Charan Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Sindhi: چارڻ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste in South Asia natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan prov ...

(چاران), Gurab (گوراب), and

Khur The Indian wild ass (''Equus hemionus khur''), also called the Indian wild donkey, Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. It is currently listed as Vulnerable b ...

(خور). The region is called Arangeh, whose central and primary village is Arangeh Bozorg. The village is notable for being the historical residence of the Iranian political dissident Ali Tehrani and

the Khazeni Family The Khazeni family (), Khazeni-Rad and Khazenifar family were a prominent Iranian industrial and mercantile family, active in Iran from the Qajar dynasty. Throughout the 20th century, the main activities of the family were the manufacture and dis ...

, who were wealthy landowners during the

Qajar The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...

dynasty.

References

Populated places in Karaj County {{Karaj-geo-stub