Darwaz-e Bala District

Darwazi Bala درواز بالا
District
Coordinates: 38°08′40″N71°14′01″E / 38.14444°N 71.23361°E / 38.14444; 71.23361
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan
Government
• Type	District council
• District governor ( de facto )	Maulvi Juma Khan Fateh [1]
Population
• Estimate  ([ citation needed ])	26,173

Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge in Darwazi Bala

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 26,173 residents. ^[3]

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 . ^[4]

See also

• Darwaz
• Darwaz District

References

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. "Darwāz-e Bālā (District, Afghanistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
4. 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