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 9,000 were children under 12. The district is within the heartland of the Shinwari tribe of Pashtuns.[1] The district centre is a village called Surubai.
References
edit- ↑ Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.
- UNHCR District Profile[permanent dead link], dated 2002-05-23, accessed 2006-07-20 (PDF).
The tribe which lives here is " Shinwari" & " Kochi "
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