Darwaz-e Bala District

Darwazi Bala (ولسوالی درواز بالا (نسی

Coordinates: Coordinates: 38°08′40″N 71°14′01″E / 38.14444°N 71.23361°E / 38.14444; 71.23361
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan Province
Government
• Type	District council
Population
• Estimate (^{[citation needed]})	11,000

Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge in Darwazi Bala

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.

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[]

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

External links[]

Badakhshan Province Map – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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Capital: Fayzabad
Districts	Arghanj Khwa Argo Baharak Darayim Fayzabad Ishkashim Jurm Khash Khwahan Kishim Kohistan Kuf Ab Kuran wa Munjan Maimay Nusay Raghistan Shahri Buzurg Shekay Shighnan Shuhada Tagab Tishkan Wakhan Wurduj Yaftali Sufla Yamgan Yawan Zebak
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Buildings and structures	Darwaz Airport Fayzabad Airport Eshkashem Airport Karaste Canal Khwahan Airport Razer Airport Sheghnan Airport Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge Yawan Airport
Other	Governors Mirs Kokcha River Wakhan River Panj River Anjuman Pass Wakhan Wakhan Corridor Concord Peak Zorkul Wakhjir Pass 2010 massacre 2012 avalanches
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