Dehestan ( fa, دهستان, lit=rural district, also

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as "dehestān") is a type of

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of Iran. It is above the village and under the

bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq ...

. , there were 2,400 dehestans in Iran.

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