Qanatghestan Rural District

{{Short description|Rural district in Kerman province, Iran}}

{{for|the village|Qanatghestan}}

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

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|subdivision_name1 = Kerman

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|subdivision_name3 = Mahan

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Qanatghestan Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان قناتغستان}}) is in Mahan District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kerman province, centered in the city of Kerman|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130210435/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=30 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82812/T139K|access-date=30 January 2024}} It is administered from the city of Mohiabad.{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in the villages of Kerman province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/95219|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629151830/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/95219|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=29 June 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 16 November 1370|id=Resolution 5/11/1370|access-date=29 June 2023}} The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Qanatghestan.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 14 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Hashtrud County under East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329024859/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108035|archive-date=29 March 2012|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=1 October 1391|id=Notification 116178/T866|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=22 February 2024}}