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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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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 ...

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Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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Basht Basht ( fa, باشت; also Romanized as Bāsht) is a city in and the capital of Basht County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located ...

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IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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Basht County Basht County ( fa, شهرستان باشت) is in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Basht. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Basht District of Gachsaran County Gachsaran Cou ...

, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province,

. Its capital is the city of Bustan.

History

After the 2006 National Census, Basht District was separated from

Gachsaran County Gachsaran County ( fa, شهرستان گچساران, ) is located in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. The capital of the county is Dogonbadan. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later ...

in the establishment of Basht County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with

as its capital and only city at the time. After the 2016 census, the village of Bustan was elevated to the status of a city.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2011 census, the district's population was 6,059 in 1,497 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 5,941 inhabitants in 1,665 households.

Administrative divisions

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