Tararan-e Bala () is a village in Bazarjan Rural District of the Central District of

Tafresh County Tafresh County ( is in Markazi province, Markazi province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Tafresh. History After the 2006 National Census, Farahan District was separated from the county in the establishment of Farahan County. Demographic ...

, Markazi 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 ...

. Tararan-e Bala is a summer resort and its main cultivation is

walnut A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus '' Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''. They are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an i ...

. The village has an old, lush field called ''dasht'' (field) which is popular among many urban people who know the area and is used as a strolling area. Remains of a very old

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are buried on the way to the ''dasht''.

Demographics

Language

The language of the village was in older times a kind of dialect from the Central Iranian languages but it had disappeared some time ago and the current language is standard

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. Traces of the old dialect are to be found in the speech of some older residents. In the past, a large number of Iranian courtiers and calligraphers were from the Tafresh and

Ashtian Ashtian () is a city in the Central District (Ashtian County), Central District of Ashtian County, Markazi province, Markazi province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Language and religion The peop ...

regions.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 68 in 30 households. The following census in 2011 counted 111 people in 44 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 67 people in 31 households.

Migration

A high percentage of the people of Tararan-e Bala have migrated to Tehran over time, and many still visit the village during the ceremonies of

Ashura Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni Muslims, Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites ...

for watching the traditional Taziyeh plays The focus of Tafreshi migrants to Tehran was at the beginning the neighborhoods around the Mokhtari crossroad with the Shahpour Sreet (today's ''Vahdat-e Eslami''). The Tafreshi Mosque is still located nearby.

Higher education

Between the village of Moinabad, to the east of Tararan-e Bala, and

Tafresh Tafresh () is a city in the Central District (Tafresh County), Central District of Tafresh County, Markazi province, Markazi province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Tafresh is located amidst high mountains sou ...

lies the Tafresh Azad University.

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References

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