Nawur District

{{pp-pc|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = | official_name = Nawur | native_name = ناور | native_name_lang = Prs | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = جلگه بهادر.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = نقشه جلگه بهادر.jpg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Afghanistan | pushpin_map = Afghanistan | pushpin_label_position = left  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33.791702|N|67.858200|E|region:AF_type:adm2nd|format=dms|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Afghanistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name1 = Ghazni | subdivision_name2 = | area_total_km2 = 5234 | elevation_m = 3100 | population_total = 91778 | population_as_of = 2002 | population_footnotes = <ref name=UNHCR-2002 /> | population_density_km2 = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | area_code = | area_code_type = | website = | footnotes = | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = }}

'''Nawur''' ({{langx|Prs|ناور or ناهور}}) is one of the districts of Afghanistan, which is located in the northern part of Ghazni Province. With an area of approximately {{cvt|5234|km2}}, Nawur is the largest district of Ghazni province. Its population was estimated at 91,778 (more than half of whom were children under 12) in 2002.<ref name=UNHCR-2002>{{cite web|title=District Profile|url=http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/ghazni/nawur.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051027171505/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/ghazni/nawur.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2005|publisher=UNHCR|access-date=21 April 2006}}</ref> Nawur's inhabitants are ethnic Hazaras thumb|238x238px|US Navy Soldier In Nawur The following are neighboring districts to Nawur: Qarabagh District to the south, Jaghori District, Malistan District and Ajristan District to the south-west, Jaghatu District and Rashidan District to the east, Miramor District of Daykundi Province to the west, Waras District of Bamyan Province to the northwest, Behsud District, Daimirdad District and Jaghatu District of Maidan Wardak Province to the north.

==Agriculture== {{Further|Economy of Afghanistan|List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan}} Main crops include wheat and barley. Animal husbandry includes sheep, goats, cows, poultry and horses.<ref name=UNHCR-2002 />

In 2011, Polish members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) along with local residents constructed a dam and new passage in Tal Bulagh valley. Supplies of water gathered will allow to irrigate crop fields.<ref>{{YouTube|z0r0GbngFKc|یکی از بهترین بندهای آب در منطقه بایی ولسوالی ناوور ولایت غزنی}}</ref><ref name=PA-2011>{{cite web|title=Drought no longer dreadful for residents of Nawur District|url=https://www.polskapomoc.gov.pl/Drought,no,longer,dreadful,for,residents,of,Nawur,District,in,Afghanistan,1649.html|publisher=Polish Aid|access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref>

== Geography == {{Further|Geography of Afghanistan}} {| |- |{{climate chart | Nawur | -21| -11| 33 | -21| -9| 84 | -11| 4| 131 | -3| 18| 124 | 2| 28| 16 | 6| 34| 6 | 8| 37| 1 | 6| 37| 6 | 2| 33| 17 | -1| 25| 40 | -11| 14| 28 | -14| -1| 10 |float=right |clear=right |source = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/1058589/ |title = Climate: Nawor - Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 20 June 2021}}</ref> }} |}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082912/http://www.haqiqat.se/images/stories/Afghanistan_Mapper/Ghazni%20Map/nawur.pdf Map of Settlements] AIMS, May 2002

==References== {{reflist|2}}

{{Districts of Ghazni}} {{Ghazni Province}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nawur District}} Category:Districts of Ghazni Province Category:Hazarajat