Nuristan Province

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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.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Kafiristan 0 3
Nuristan region 0 2
Kafiristan renamed Nuristan 0 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 NERFINISHED →
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 (11)

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

Nuristan Province → formerName → Nuristan Province self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Kafiristan
Eastern Afghanistan → hasProvince → Nuristan Province →
Nuristani languages → historicalRegion → Nuristan Province →
this entity surface form: Kafiristan
Nuristani people → historicalRegion → Nuristan Province →
this entity surface form: Kafiristan
Nuristani people → nameChange → Nuristan Province →
this entity surface form: Kafiristan renamed Nuristan
Nuristani people → primaryRegion → Nuristan Province →
Ashkun language → region → Nuristan Province →
Nuristani languages → region → Nuristan Province →
Prasun language → region → Nuristan Province →
Tregami language → region → Nuristan Province →
this entity surface form: Nuristan region
Kamviri language → spokenIn → Nuristan Province →
this entity surface form: Nuristan region