Baghestan Rural District (Persian: دهستان باغستان) is in Eslamiyeh District of Ferdows County, South Khorasan province, Iran.

[3] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Baghestan-e Olya,[4] now the city of Baghestan.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,438 in 1,863 households.

The most populous of its 58 villages was Baghestan-e Olya (now the city of Baghestan),[3] with 2,704 people.

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