Bent, Iran
city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Bent (Persian: بنت) is a city in, and the capital of, Bent District of Nik Shahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Bent Rural District.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,302 in 822 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,294 people in 1,245 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,822 people in 1,503 households.
“Bent, Iran” enters the record as city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bent, Iran and city can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Bent, Iran” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bent, Iran and city provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2423487. Authority coordinates are 26.301, 59.516. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bent, Iran” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.