Misplaced Pages

Nazyan (Pashto: نازيان) (Persian: ولسوالی نازیان) is a district in the south-east of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 22,858 in 2002, of whom 9000 were children under 12. The district is within the heartland of the Shinwari tribe of Pashtuns. The district centre is a village called Surubai For More information Contact ENG Aqibullah Shinwari 0790250400

References

1. Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.

• UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-05-23, accessed 2006-07-20 (PDF).

The tribe which lives here is " Shinwari" & " Kochi "

External links

• Map of Nazyan district (PDF)

v t e Nangarhar Province
Capital: Jalalabad
Districts	Achin Bati Kot Bihsud Chaparhar Darai Nur Dur Baba Goshta Haska Meyna Hesarak Kama Khogyani Kot Kuz Kunar Lal Pur Momand Dara Nazyan Pachir Aw Agam Rodat Sherzad Shinwar Surkh-Rōd
Populated places	Champtala Darai Nur Darunta Fatehabad Gamberi Gandamak Ghazi Amanullah Town Ghowchak Girdi Kas Haska Meyna Hesarak Ka Chona Kaga Laghar Juy Shamsa Pur Sherzad Surkhrud Surobi Torkham Wazir Zargaran
Buildings and structures	Darunta Dam Forward Operating Base Torkham Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium Jalalabad Airport Najim Jihad Nangarhar University Spinghar Higher Education Centre
Other	Governors Ghaziabad Airport Kabul–Jalalabad Road Surkhab River Tora Bora Tora Bora Military Front

This Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Districts of Nangarhar Province
• Afghanistan geography stubs