Darwaz-e Bala District

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Darwaz-e Bala, also known as Nusay,[2] 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
درواز بالا
Coordinates: 38°08′40″N 71°14′01″E / 38.14444°N 71.23361°E / 38.14444; 71.23361
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
Government
 • TypeDistrict council
 • District governor (de facto)Maulvi Juma Khan Fateh[1]
Population
 • Estimate 11,000
Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge in Darwazi Bala

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.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "طالبان ۱۵ اسماعیلی را به اتهام همکاری با جبهه مقاومت در بدخشان بازداشت کرده‌اند" [The Taliban have arrested 15 Ismailis on the charge of collaborating with the resistance front in Badakhshan] (in Persian). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Settled Population of Badakhshan province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ^ Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.
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