Central Asia
Afghanistan
Badakhshan Province

Darwaz-e Bala District

Darwaz-e Bala, also known as Nusay, is a district in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 26,173 residents.
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  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Darwaz-e Bala”, “Darwāz-e Bālā”, “Darwazi Bala”, “Nesay”, “Nusay”, “Nusay District”, “درواز بالا”, and “دروز بالا”

Darwaz-e Bala District

Latitude
38.1282° or 38° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
71.225° or 71° 13′ 30″ east
Elevation
3,520 metres (11,549 feet)
Open location code
8JCH46HF+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4423205680
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052666
Wiki­data ID
Q950043
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Darwaz-e Bala District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دروازه بالا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة درواز بالا”
  • Bengali: “দারওয়াজী বালা জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Darwāz-e Bālā”
  • Chinese: “上达尔瓦兹县”
  • Chinese: “上達爾瓦茲縣”
  • Chinese: “努薩伊”
  • French: “Darwaz-e Bala”
  • French: “Darwazi Bala”
  • German: “Darvaz-e-Bala”
  • German: “Darwāz-e Bālā”
  • Indonesian: “Darwaz-e Bala, Badakhshan”
  • Indonesian: “Darwazi Bala, Badakhshan”
  • Italian: “distretto di Darwazi Bala”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nusay”
  • Malay: “Daerah Darwaz-e Bala”
  • Malay: “Daerah Darwazi Bala”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی درواز بالا”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی دروازه بالا”
  • Pushto: “درواز بالا ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Нусаи (район)”
  • Russian: “Нусаи”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Darwazi Bala”
  • Swedish: “Darwaz-e Bala”
  • Swedish: “Darwāz-e Bālā”
  • Tajik: “Вулусволии Дарвози Боло”
  • Turkish: “Darvazi Bala ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Dervazi Bala”
  • Urdu: “درواز بالا ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Darwaz-e Bala tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Darwaz-e Bala”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Darwazi Bala, Badakhshan”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع درواز بالا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Darwaz-e Bala District”. Photo: afgmatters, CC BY 2.0.