Basht County

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

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'''Basht County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان باشت}}) is in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Basht.<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>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, Basht District was separated from Gachsaran County in the establishment of Basht County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Basht as its capital and only city at the time.<ref name="Basht County Establishment"/> After the 2016 census, the village of Bustan was elevated to the status of 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 2011 census, the county's population was 20,699 people in 5,022 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> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 21,690 in 5,781 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>

===Administrative divisions===

Basht County's population history and administrative structure over two consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Basht County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''14,516''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''15,667''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kuh Mareh Khami RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,326 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,428 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sarab Biz RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,924 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,475 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Basht (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 9,266 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,764 |- | '''Bustan District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''6,059''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''5,941''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Babuyi RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,233 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,341 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Talkhab RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,826 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,600 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bustan (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Bustan City, Basht"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''20,699''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''21,690''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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Category:Basht County

Category:Counties of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province