Nazyan District

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 9000 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.

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