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{{Short description|Third-level administrative division (district) of Iran}}
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A '''{{lang|fa-Latn|bakhsh}}''' ({{langx|fa|بخش}}, also [[romanization|romanized]] as  {{lang|fa-Latn|baxš}}) is a third-level [[administrative divisions of Iran|administrative division]] of [[Iran]]. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a [[township (United States)|township in the United States]] or a [[Districts of England|district of England]].

In Iran, the provinces (first-level divisions) (استان, ''ostān'') consist of several counties (second-level divisions) (شهرستان, ''shahrestān''), and the counties consist of one or more districts (third-level divisions) (بخش, ''bakhsh''). A district consists of a combination of cities (شهر ''shahr'') and rural districts (دهستان, ''dehestān'') (fourth-level divisions). The official governor of a district is called a ''bakhshdar'', the head of the ''bakhshdari'' office. Rural districts are a collection of villages and their surrounding lands. One of the cities of the county is named its capital.<ref name="Iran Administratie Structure">{{Cite web|title = Law on definitions and rules of national divisions |url = https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/83309 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181128090719/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/83309 |archive-date = 28 November 2018 |website = Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran |publisher = Islamic Council |last = Hashemi |first = Akbar |language = fa |date = 15 April 1362 |access-date = 12 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="Law1999">{{cite book |author=Gwillim Law |date=1999 |title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 Through 1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA183 |location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3 |oclc=910103003 |page=183}}</ref>

The following table indicates the 2006 structure of [[Khash County]], one of the 26 counties that constitute [[Sistan and Baluchestan province|Sistan and Baluchestan]] province.
*The Central District contained five rural districts and one city, the capital
*Irandegan District contained two rural districts and no cities
*Nukabad District contained four rural districts and one city

Districts may occasionally be separated from the county to become counties of their own. For example, Nukabad District separated on 14 December 2018 to become Taftan County, after which the city of Nukabad was elevated to capital status within the newly created Central District of Taftan.<ref name="Taftan">{{cite web |title = Approval letter regarding the country divisions of Khash County of Sistan and Baluchestan province |language = fa |website = Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran |url = https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392509 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200124163452/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392509 |archive-date = 24 January 2020 |publisher = Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers |last = Jahangiri |first = Ishaq |date = 13 September 2018 |access-date = 30 December 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Khash County (2006)<ref name="2006 census">{{IranCensus2006|11}} Retrieved 17 December 2022</ref>
|-
! Administrative Divisions !! Pop.
|-
| '''[[Central District (Khash County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''111,114'''
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Esmailabad Rural District (Sistan and Baluchestan Province)|Esmailabad Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 16,940
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Karvandar Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,028
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kuh Sefid Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 10,603
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Poshtkuh Rural District (Sistan and Baluchestan Province)|Poshtkuh Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 13,612
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Sangan Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,248
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khash, Iran|Khash]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 56,683
|-
| '''[[Irandegan District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,432'''
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Irandegan Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 4,232
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kahnuk Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,200
|-
| '''[[Taftan County|Nukabad District]]'''<sup>1</sup> || style="text-align: right;"| '''38,372'''
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Eskelabad Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,527
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Gowhar Kuh Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,100
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Nazil Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 10,573
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Taftan-e Jonubi Rural District]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,351
|-
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Nukabad]] (city)|| style="text-align: right;"| 2,821
|-
| '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''161,918'''
|-
| colspan=2 | {{small|<sup>1</sup>Became a part of Taftan County<ref name="Taftan"/>}}
|}

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