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Nusay District

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Country
  
Afghanistan

Capital
  
Nusay

Province
  
Badakhshan Province

Region
  
Darwaz

Time zone
  
+ 4.30

Nusay District

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.

Map of Nusay, Afghanistan

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

References

Nusay District Wikipedia