The Central District of Baft County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان بافت) is a district (

bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...

) in

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 ...

. At the 2006 census, its population (including those portions later split off to form

Arzuiyeh County Arzuiyeh County ( fa, شهرستان ارزوئیه) is in 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 ...

) was 68,270, in 16,394 families; excluding those portions, the population in 2006 was 64,743, in 15,520 families. The district has two cities:

Baft Baft ( fa, بافت, also romanized as Bāft) is a city and capital of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran. Baft is located southwest of Kerman. At the 2006 census, its population was 35,008, in 8,265 families. Notably, Baft is one of the highest ...

and

Bezenjan Bezenjan ( fa, بزنجان, also romanized as Bezenjān; also known as Bezenjānī, Bīzenjān, Bizinjān, and Now Bezenjān) is a city in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Rep ...

. The district has six

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

s (''dehestan''):

Bezenjan Rural District Bezenjan Rural District ( fa, دهستان بزنجان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

Dashtab Rural District Dashtab Rural District ( fa, دهستان دشتاب) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

, Fathabad Rural District,

Gughar Rural District Gughar Rural District ( fa, دهستان گوغر) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a co ...

, Khabar Rural District, and

Kiskan Rural District Kiskan Rural District ( fa, دهستان كيسكان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

References

Baft County Districts of Kerman Province {{Baft-geo-stub