Nazyan District

Nazyan (Pashto: نازيان) () 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.Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School. The district centre is a village called Surubai.

References

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)