At the time of the 2006 National Census, Dashti's population was 3,947 in 848 households, when it was a village in Behdasht Rural District of Kushk-e Nar District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 4,258 people in 986 households, by which time the village had been transferred to Mehregan Rural District of the Central District.[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 4,695 people in 1,207 households,[2] when the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[9]
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^Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2024) [Approved 22 March 1390]. Dashti village in Parsian County to city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission. Proposal 6310/42/1/4/1; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 83486/T46528K. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.