Nuristan
نورستان Nuristan
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Basic data | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Capital | Parun |
surface | 9225 km² |
Residents | 160,000 (2019) |
density | 17 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 2001 |
ISO 3166-2 | AF ONLY |
politics | |
governor | Jamaluddin Badr |
Districts in the province of Nuristan (as of 2005) |
Coordinates: 35 ° 30 ' N , 71 ° 0' E
Nuristan ( Pashto / Dari :نورستان, DMG Nūristān , German "Land of Enlightenment", before Islamization in 1896 Kafiristan ) is a province ( velayat ) in eastern Afghanistan on the south side of the Hindu Kush .
It was formed in 2001 from the northern parts of the provinces Laghman and Kunar and has 160,993 inhabitants (2019 calculation). The majority of the population are Nuristani , i.e. speakers of Nuristani languages .
The capital of Nuristan is Parun .
Administrative division
Nuristan is divided into six districts ( woluswali ):
literature
- Max Klimburg: Nuristan . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica , as of July 20, 2004, accessed on May 12, 2013 (English, including references)
- Sabrina and Roland Michaud: Nuristan: In the Land of Light In: Geo-Magazin. Hamburg 1979,12, pp. 64-82. Informative experience report. ISSN 0342-8311
Web links
Commons : Nuristan Province - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
supporting documents
- ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ^ Sven Hansen: Major attack in Afghanistan. In: the daily newspaper . May 10, 2011, accessed May 11, 2011 .