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, Darwazi Bala District, and Shekay District. Some maps use the name Darwaz for Maimay District.[1] The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[2]

Darwaz
درواز
Location of Darwaz
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
Government
 • TypeDistrict council
Population
 • Estimate 
()
21,000

See also

References
  1. "Badakhshan Province Map". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.

38°13′29″N 70°54′51″E


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