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 | |
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| Coordinates: 38°08′40″N 71°14′01″E / 38.14444°N 71.23361°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
| • District governor (de facto) | Maulvi Juma Khan Fateh[1] |
| Population | |
| • Estimate ([citation needed]) | 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.[3]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.
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