Darwaz-e Bala District

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Darwazi Bala | native_name = درواز بالا | settlement_type = [[Districts of Afghanistan|District]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Badakhshan Province|Badakhshan]] | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Afghanistan]] | image_map = Darwaz-e Bala.png | map_caption = | government_type = District council | leader_title = District governor (''[[de facto]]'') | leader_name = Maulvi Juma Khan Fateh<ref>{{cite web |url=https://8am.media/fa/the-taliban-have-arrested-15-ismailis-accused-of-collaborating-with-the-resistance-front-in-badakhshan/ |title=طالبان ۱۵ اسماعیلی را به اتهام همکاری با جبهه مقاومت در بدخشان بازداشت کرده‌اند|date=2 May 2024|access-date=2 May 2024 |language=fa |trans-title=The Taliban have arrested 15 Ismailis on the charge of collaborating with the resistance front in Badakhshan}}</ref> | population_est = 26,173 | pop_est_as_of = {{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} | coordinates = {{Coord|38|08|40|N|71|14|01|E|display=title}} }}

[[image:Bridge Qalaikhum & Nusay of Darwaz.jpg|320px|thumb|[[Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge]] in Darwazi Bala]]

'''Darwaz-e Bala''', also known as '''Nusay''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Badakhshan(1).pdf|title=Settled Population of Badakhshan province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13|publisher=[[Central Statistics Organization]]|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185912/http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Badakhshan(1).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in [[Badakhshan province]], Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of [[Darwaz District]]. It is home to approximately '''26,173''' residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darwāz-e Bālā (District, Afghanistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/afghanistan/admin/badakhsh%C4%81n/1727__darw%C4%81z_e_b%C4%81l%C4%81/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

This district borders the [[Shekay District|Shekay]], [[Kuf Ab District|Kuf Ab]], and [[Maimay District|Maimay]] districts, along with districts in [[Darvoz District|Darvoz]], [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]], [[Tajikistan]].

The district was historically part of the [[Darvaz (region)|Darvaz]] principality, a semi-independent [[statelet]] ruled by a ''[[Mir (title)|mir]]''.<ref name=becker>Seymour Becker. ''Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924''. Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. 1968. </ref>

== See also == * [[Darvaz (region)|Darwaz]] * [[Darwaz District]]

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==External links== * [https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/afghanistan/infographics/publication-date/2014/infographic-type/reference-maps?page=1 Badakhshan Province Map] – [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]

[[Category:Districts of Badakhshan Province]]