Maimay | |
Native Name: | مایمی |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Maimay District Location in Afghanistan |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Name1: | Badakhshan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Badakhshan |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 29,893 |
Timezone: | + 4:30 |
Coordinates: | 38.2806°N 71.3244°W |
Maimay, also known as Darwaz-e Payeen,[2] or simply Darwaz,[3] is a district in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District. It is home to approximately 29,893 residents. Maimay borders the Kuf Ab, Raghistan, Shighnnan, and Nusay districts, along with some districts in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan, including Vanj, Rushon, and Shughnon. The district was historically part of the Darwaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[4]