Dehestan (administrative division)

A dehestan (Persian: دهستان, lit.'rural district', also Romanized as "dehestān") is a type of administrative division of Iran. It is above the village and under the bakhsh. As of 2006, there were 2,400 dehestans in Iran.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rezvani, Babak (2014-12-19). Conflict and Peace in Central Eurasia: Towards Explanations and Understandings. BRILL. ISBN 9789004276369.