Nusay District

Nusay District ولسوالی نسی
Coordinates: 38°26′33″N 70°48′19″E / 38.44250°N 70.80528°ECoordinates: 38°26′33″N 70°48′19″E / 38.44250°N 70.80528°E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan
Region	Darwaz
Capital	Nusay
Population
• Total	11,000
Time zone	+ 4.30

Nusay District (Persian: شهرستان نسَی‎‎) is one of the 28 districts in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 11,000 residents. This district borders with the Shekay, Kuf Ab, and Maimay districts, along with districts in Darvoz Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province,  Tajikistan.

Friendship Bridge between  Afghanistan and  Tajikistan in Region Darwaz-Darvoz! *Qala-e khumb,*Nusay

The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.^[1]

References

1. Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.