Basht

{{Short description|City in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran}}

{{for|the administrative division of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province|Basht County}}

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'''Basht''' ({{langx|fa|باشت}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Bāsht'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3055725}}</ref>}} is a city in the Central District of Basht County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Basht County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/168480|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811173340/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/168480|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=11 August 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 16 March 1389|id=Proposal 1/4/42/173454|access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref> It was the administrative center for Babuyi Rural District<ref name="Gachsaran County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in Gachsaran County under Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235606/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110050|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=8 March 2012|date=19 December 1390|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 5.53.1.7682; Notification 122134/T721|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> until its capital was transferred to the village of Bustan,<ref name="Babuyi Rural District">{{cite report|title=Change of the center of Babuyi Rural District from the functions of Basht District of Gachsaran County in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province from the city of Basht to the village of Bustan|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/119778|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130021042/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/119778|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=30 January 2015|date=10 February 2014|orig-date=Approved 27 December 1379|id=Proposal 1.4.42.4592; Notification 59821/T21439AH|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> now a city.<ref name="Bustan City, Basht">{{cite news|title=Notification of the approval of the Ministry of the Interior regarding the conversion of Bustan village, the center of Bustan District of Basht County, into a city|language=fa|website=dotic.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran|url=https://dotic.ir/news/1685|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811164140/https://dotic.ir/news/1685|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|last=Fazli|first=Abdolreza Rahmani|archive-date=11 August 2023|date=20 August 1402|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1397|id=Letter 59806/33667|access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,269 in 1,561 households,<ref name="2006 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/17.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094811/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/17.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> when it was capital of the former Basht District of Gachsaran County.<ref name="Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the units of the national divisions of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, centered in the city of Yasuj|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113043|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124162513/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113043|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=24 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 7 July 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82818/T143K|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 9,266 people in 2,261 households,<ref name="2011 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kohgiluyeh-and-Buyer-Ahmad.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119003203/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kohgiluyeh-and-Buyer-Ahmad.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> by which time the district had separated from the county in the establishment of Basht County. Basht was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.<ref name="Basht County Establishment"/> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,764 people in 2,831 households.<ref name="2016 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_17.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102075451/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_17.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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Category:Cities in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province

Category:Populated places in Basht County