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Darwaz District Badakhshan Government - Type District council Population - Estimate ([citation needed]) 21,000 Darwaz distrcit is a district in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. It is part of the historic region Darwaz which is now divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Darwaz District has a population of approximately 21,000 after sub-division in 2005 which led to the formation of Darwazi Bala District. The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[1]
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References
- ^ Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.
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Categories:- Districts of Badakhshan Province
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