Nakhlestan Rural District (Persian: دهستان نخلستان)[3] is in the Central District of Tabas County, South Khorasan province, Iran.

[5] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of Yazd province) was 3,122 in 873 households.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,081 in 1,001 households, by which time the county had been separated from the province to join South Khorasan province.

[8] The most populous of its 21 villages was Korit, with 1,657 people.

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