Pishin is a city in and the capital of Pishin District

Pishin District (Iran)

Pishin District is a district in Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 29,580, in 5,562 families. The District has one city: Pishin....

, in Sarbaz County

Sarbaz County

Sarbaz County is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Rasak. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 162,960, in 31,449 families. The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District, Pishin District, Ashar District, and Sarbaz...

, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,477, in 1,832 families.

Pishin has an altitude of 219 metres (721 feet). It is near the Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i border, across which is the town of Mand to the east. The Iranian government has set up a customs post to develop border trade between Iran and Pakistan. The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baluch who speak the Baluchi language

Dam

The largest dam in Sistan and Baluchistan province has been built south of Pishin to provide water for agriculture and human consumption in Pishin and Bahu districts.