Taleqan (Persian: طالقان) is a city in the Central District of Taleqan County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Miyan Taleqan Rural District. Taleqan is located in the Alborz mountain range.

At the 2006 census, its population was 3,281 in 988 households, when it was in the former Taleqan District of Savojbolagh County, Tehran province.

In October 2010, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Taleqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Taleqan as its capital and only city.

At the time of the 2016 census, its population had increased to 3,545 in 1,241 households, by which time the county had become a part of the newly established Alborz province.