Basht

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

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

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|subdivision_name2 = Basht

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|subdivision_name3 = Central

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Basht ({{langx|fa|باشت}}){{efn|Also romanized as Bāsht{{GEOnet3|-3055725}}}} 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.{{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}} It was the administrative center for Babuyi Rural District{{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}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Bustan,{{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}} now a city.{{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}}