Darwaz-e Bala District

Darwaz-e Bala, also known as Nusay,[1] is a district in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 11,000 residents.

Darwazi Bala

(ولسوالی درواز بالا (نسی
Coordinates:
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan Province
DistrictBadakhshan
Government
  TypeDistrict council
Population
  Estimate 
()
11,000

This district borders the Shekay, Kuf Ab, and Maimay districts, along with districts in Darvoz, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan.

The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[2]

References

  1. "Settled Population of Badakhshan province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.


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