Economy of Kashan

Kashan is internationally famous for manufacturing carpets, silk and other textiles. Kashan today houses most of Iran's mechanized carpet-weaving factories, and has an active marble and copper mining industry. Kashan and suburbs have a population of 400,000.

Ghaleh Jalali is not located in the centre of kashan as the text indicates. It is located on the edge of southern margin of the old wall of the city. As a matter of fact the southern part of the wall and the Ghaleh( the citadel ) join up and forms just one piece. Out of wall areas used to be simply irrigated farm lands, but today is sporadically residential