Wama District

Wama District[2] (Pashto: واما ولسوالۍ‎, Persian: ولسوالی واما‎) is a district of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan.[3] In the 2004 Afghanistan administrative reorganization it lost territory to the newly created Nurgram and Parun districts.

Not to be confused with Parwan Province.

Wama
District
Wama
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°11′00″N 70°48′00″E
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceNuristan Province
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total10,800

Notes
  1. "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. Wāmā (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)


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