Nusay District

Nusay District ولسوالی نسی

Nusay District Nusay District Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 38°26′33″N 70°48′19″E / 38.44250°N 70.80528°E / 38.44250; 70.80528Coordinates: 38°26′33″N 70°48′19″E / 38.44250°N 70.80528°E / 38.44250; 70.80528
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan
Region	Darwaz
Capital	Nusay
Population
• Total	11,000
Time zone	+ 4.30

Nusay District (Persian: شهرستان نسَی‎‎) is one of the 28 districts in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 11,000 residents. This district borders with the Shekay, Kuf Ab, and Maimay districts, along with districts in Darvoz Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan.

Friendship Bridge between

Tajikistan in Region Darwaz-Darvoz! *Qala-e khumb,*Nusay

The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.^[1]

References

↑ Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.

Badakhshan Province

Capital: Fayzabad

Districts	Arghanj Khwa Argo Baharak Darayim Fayzabad Ishkashim Jurm Khash Khwahan Kishim Kohistan Kuf Ab Kuran wa Munjan Maimay Nusay Ragh Shahri Buzurg Shekay Shighnan Shuhada Tagab Tishkan Wakhan Wurduj Yaftali Sufla Yamgan Yawan Zebak

Populated places	Ab Bazan Ab Daw Ab Gaj Ak Tapa Alim Dara Altan Jalab Ambaran Amrud Amurn Andowj Angat Anjir Anjuman Anjuman-i-Khurd Ao Barik Arakht Arghandakan Artin Jelow Arun Ashkasham Ashnam Ba Khersak Baharak Baharestan Bakharow Baryavan Basenj Bashanabad Bay Malasi Baza'i Gonbad Bazgir Bid-e Kalan Chakaran Chasnud-e Sofla Chasnud-e `Olya Darayem Darmadar Darmarakh Darreh Javay Darreh-ye Pishkan Deh Gholaman Dogor Gunt Dudgah Dugh Ghalat Duraj Durman Eshmorgh Eskan Eskatul Howz-e Shah-e Pa'in Qal`eh-ye Bar Panj Qal`eh-ye Kuf Shirin Nazem

Buildings and structures	Fayzabad Airport Khwahan Airport Sheghnan Airport Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge Karaste Canal

Other	Governors Mirs Kokcha River Wakhan River Panj River Anjuman Pass Wakhan Wakhan Corridor Concord Peak Zorkul Wakhjir Pass 2010 massacre 2012 avalanches

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