Baft ( fa, بافت, also

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d as Bāft) is a city and capital of

Baft County Baft County ( fa, شهرستان بافت) is in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Baft. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 138,847, in 32,262 households. The following census in 2011 counted 75,940 ...

, Kerman Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Baft is located southwest of

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 35,008, in 8,265 families. Notably, Baft is one of the highest cities in Iran, at an elevation of about .

Khabr National Park

Baft is one of the natural area in Iran. Within its local is the Khabr National Park which has been submitted by Iran as a

UNESCO world heritage site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

.UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2007) Khabr National Park and Ruchun Wildlife Refuge, web page, online at https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5219/, visited 2015-03-28 Khabr National Park has a rich flora (about 750 species) and about 120 endemic species.

References

Populated places in Baft County Cities in Kerman Province {{Baft-geo-stub