Darvoz District


Darvoz District is a district in Tajikistan, located at the extreme north-west of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. It borders on Afghanistan to the south, along the Panj, and within Tajikistan on Khatlon Region to the west and on the Districts of Republican Subordination to the north. Its administrative capital is Qal'ai Khumb. The population of Darvoz district is 24,000. The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.
image:Bridge Qalaikhum & Nusay of Darwaz.jpg|320px|thumb|Friendship bridge between and in Region Darwaz-Darvoz, * Qal'ai Khumb, *Nusay.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into four jamoats. They are as follows:
JamoatPopulation
Nulvand4,025
Qal'ai Khumb8,366
Saghirdasht5,420
Vishkharv3,637