Nari District

Nari (Naray) District is a boundary mountainous district in the most eastern part of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It borders Bar Kunar District to the west, Nuristan Province to the north, Pakistan to the east and Dangam district to the south. The population is 24,500 (2006)—60% of them Pashtun. The district center is the village of Nari (Naray) 35°12′37″N 71°31′30″E / 35.2103°N 71.5250°E / 35.2103; 71.5250 at 1153 m altitude in a river valley. The arable land is not enough. The residents usually collect wood and beans and sell them. Many people go and work in Pakistan.

Historically the Naray region used to belong to the Mehtar of Chitral. The ancient fortress of Narsat at Nari town was built by Mehtar Aman-ul-Mulk of Chitral. Upper Kunar and the Kamvir and Barg-i-Matal areas of Nuristan came under Afghan rule in 1895.^[1]

External links

• Building Bridges in the Back of Beyond Washington Post May 1, 2008

References

1. ^ http://www.royalark.net/Pakistan/chitral6.htm

http://www.royalark.net/Pakistan/chitral6.htm

• AIMS District Map
• District Profile