Nuristan Province

E49298

province of Afghanistan

Nuristan Province is a remote, mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan known for its distinct Nuristani ethnic groups, unique Indo-Iranian languages, and rugged Hindu Kush terrain.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Nuristan Province canonical	44
Nuristan	12
Nuristan region	5
Kafiristan	3
Kafiristan renamed Nuristan	1
Nuristan Province (approximate)	1
eastern Nuristan	1
استان نورستان افغانستان	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Afghanistan ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Parun ⓘ
borders	Badakhshan ⓘ surface form: Badakhshan Province Kunar Province ⓘ Laghman Province ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Panjshir Province ⓘ
borderType	international border with Pakistan ⓘ
capital	Parun ⓘ
climate	alpine in higher elevations ⓘ continental ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
createdAsProvince	2001 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Nuristani people ⓘ surface form: Nuristanis
formerName	Nuristan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kafiristan
hasEthnolinguisticGroup	Ashkun ⓘ Kati ⓘ Prasun ⓘ Waigali ⓘ
hasRiver	Alingar River ⓘ Pech River ⓘ
hasValley	Barg-i Matal area ⓘ Parun Valley ⓘ Bashgal Valley ⓘ surface form: Waygal Valley
knownFor	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Nuristani ethnic groups ⓘ remote location ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Nuristani languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Hindu Kush ⓘ Eastern Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: eastern Afghanistan
mainEconomicActivity	animal husbandry ⓘ forestry ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
mountainRange	Hindu Kush ⓘ
nameMeaning	Land of Light ⓘ
notableFeature	difficult road access ⓘ steep forested valleys ⓘ
partOf	Afghanistan ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated ⓘ
region	Hindu Kush ⓘ surface form: eastern Hindu Kush
religion	Islam ⓘ
securitySituation	unstable ⓘ
separatedFrom	Kunar Province ⓘ Laghman Province ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ rugged ⓘ
timezone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+04:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuristani languages → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Nuristani languages → historicalRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kafiristan

Nuristani people → primaryRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Nuristani people → historicalRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kafiristan

Nuristani people → nameChange → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kafiristan renamed Nuristan

Prasun language → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamviri language → spokenIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan region

Tregami language → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan region

Nuristan Province → formerName → Nuristan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kafiristan

Eastern Afghanistan → hasProvince → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Ashkun language → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

نورستانیان → وابسته به → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: استان نورستان افغانستان

Waigali → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Ashkun → hasSpeakersIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Prasuni → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Tregami → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Tregami → countrySubdivision → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Kafirs of Kafiristan → regionRenamedTo → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Parun (Nuristan Province) → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun (Nuristan Province) → capitalOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun (Nuristan Province) → administrativeCenterOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun (Nuristan Province) → partOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Vasi-vari → spokenIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Vasi-weri → spokenIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun Valley → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun Valley → administrativeRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Parun Valley → culturalRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Kati language → spokenIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kati language → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Prasun → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Prasun → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Prasun → culturalArea → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Prasun people → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Vasi people → partOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Vasi people → culturalRegion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Kamkata-vari → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan

Waigali language → region → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Bashgal Valley → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamdesh area → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamdesh area → partOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamdesh area → hasCountrySubdivision → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamdesh area → locatedInSubregion → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Nuristan

Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language → spokenIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Kamkata-vari group → partOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuristan region

Tregami people → nativeTo → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Gambiri Kati → spokenInProvince → Nuristan Province ⓘ

subject surface form: Tregami language

Parun → locatedIn → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun → isCapitalOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun → administrativeCenterOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ

Parun → politicalCenterOf → Nuristan Province ⓘ