Wama District Explained

Wama District should not be confused with Wama, Kenya.

Official Name:Wama
Native Name Lang:pa
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:35.1833°N 70.8°W
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Nuristan Province
Population Total:10,800
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[1]

Wama District[2] (Ashkun: Sâma, Pushto; Pashto: واما ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی واما) is a district of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan.[3] In the 2004 Afghanistan administrative reorganization it lost territory to the newly created Nurgram and Parun districts.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuristan Provincial Profile. Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. 8 September 2015.
  2. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. http://www.aims.org.af/maps/national/political_divisions/political_divisions_34.pdf "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions"