320px, Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge in Darwazi Bala
Darwaz-e Bala, also known as Nusay,
is a district in
Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of
Darwaz District
Darwaz district was a district in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan until 2005. It was part of the historic region Darwaz which is now divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. In 2005 Darwaz District was subdivided into Maimay District, Da ...
. 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
A microstate or ministate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area, usually both. However, the meanings of "state" and "very small" are not well-defined in international law.Warrington, E. (1994). "Lilliputs ...
ruled by a ''
mir''.
[Seymour Becker. ''Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.
]
References
External links
Badakhshan Province Map–
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Districts of Badakhshan Province
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