Darai Nur or Dara-i Noor (Pashto/Persian/Pashayi: دره نور) is a
district
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in the north of
Nangarhar Province,
Afghanistan
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. Its population was estimated at 120,000 in 2002, of whom 28,000 were children under 12. The dominant language in the district is
Pashayi and
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
.
The district centre is the village of
Darai Nur. There are nine major villages and many smaller ones in the district. Some of the well-known villages in Darai Nur are Amla, Barkot, Khewa, Qalai Shahi, Sutan Lam, Nur Gal, and Kashmund.
References
UNHCR District Profile dated 2002-04-30, accessed 2006-07-07 (PDF).
External links
Map of Dara-i-Nur district(PDF)
Districts of Nangarhar Province
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