Country Tajikistan Postal code 736400 Area 2,824 km² Founded 14 December 1930 Population 23,600 (2008) | Time zone TJT (UTC+5) Area code(s) +992 3552 Elevation 4,484 m Local time Saturday 4:22 AM Capital Qal'ai Khumb | |
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Province Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Weather -3°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
Darvoz District or Nohiya-i Darvoz (Tajik: Ноҳияи Дарвоз / Persian: ناحیۀ درواز) is a district in Tajikistan, located at the extreme north-west of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. It borders on Afghanistan to the south, along the Panj, and within Tajikistan on Khatlon Province to the west and on the Region of Republican Subordination to the north. Its administrative capital is Qal'ai Khumb. The population in Darvoz district is 23,600 (1 January 2008 estimate). The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.
Map of Darvoz, Tajikistan
References
Darvoz District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA