Maimay District

Maimay District
ولسوالی مایمی

Jamrj-e Bala is one of the towns of Badakhshan province Afghanistan, And capital Maimay District In Darvaz (region) And beside Panj River is located

Maimay District The Darwaz maps Badakhshan
Maimay District

Maimay District Location in Afghanistan

Coordinates: 38°16′50″N 71°19′28″E / 38.28056°N 71.32444°ECoordinates: 38°16′50″N 71°19′28″E / 38.28056°N 71.32444°E
Country  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan
Region Darwaz
Capital Jamarj-e Bala
Population
  Total 12,000
Time zone + 4:30

Maimay Persian: مایمی is a district in Region Darwaz Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 12,000 residents The district was historically part of the Darwaz principality, a semi-independent statelet. This is district borders with the Kuf Ab, Raghistan, Shighnnan, Nusay, And with Districts of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province,  Tajikistan. Including the Vanj, Rushon, Shughnon. The district was historically part of the Darwaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[1]

Friendship Bridge between  Afghanistan and  Tajikistan In vanj region's and Maimay.

References

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

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