Basht

Also known as Bāsht

Basht () 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. It was the administrative center for Babuyi Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Bustan, now a city.

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Settlement.name: Basht
Settlement.native_name_lang: fa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: باشت_کهگیلویه_و_بویراحمد.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Basht
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Central
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 10764
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: IRST

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Population: 10764
Elevation: 807
Image: باشت کهگیلویه و بویراحمد.jpg

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Commons category: Basht
male population: 5378
female population: 5386

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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. It was the administrative center for Babuyi Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Bustan, now a city.

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,269 in 1,561 households, when it was capital of the former Basht District of Gachsaran County. The following census in 2011 counted 9,266 people in 2,261 households, 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. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,764 people in 2,831 households.