Bajestan (Persian: بجستان)[a] is a city in the Central District of Bajestan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[4] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,136 in 3,090 households,[5] when it was capital of the former Bajestan District of Gonabad County).

The city has a dry climate with significant difference between day and night temperatures.

It is a fast-growing city, thus becoming one of the major centres in the south of Razavi Khorasan.

[9] Bajestan salt desert is a beautiful natural scenery attracting tourism groups from adjacent cities ، but because this desert is a dried Salt Lake ، camping is not possible in winter and late autumn.