Baghestan-e Sofla

Baghestan-e Sofla is a village in, and the capital of, Baghestan Rural District, in Eslamiyeh District, Ferdows County, South Khorasan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 610 in 188 households, when it was in the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 675 people in 221 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 707 people in 223 households.

In May 2020, Baghestan Rural District, Borun Rural District, and the city of Eslamiyeh were separated from the district in the establishment of Eslamiyeh District, which was divided into two rural districts and the city. At the same time, the village of Baghestan-e Olya was elevated to the status of the city of Baghestan.