Waygal District

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Waygal District is a remote mountainous district in Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan, known as one of the main homelands of the Nuristani Waigali-speaking community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeDivisionOf Nuristan Province NERFINISHED
borderingCountryRegion northwestern Pakistan
borderingDistrict Barg-e-Matal District NERFINISHED
Du Ab District NERFINISHED
Kamdesh District NERFINISHED
borderingProvince Kunar Province NERFINISHED
Laghman Province NERFINISHED
borderType mountain passes
capitalCountry Kabul NERFINISHED
characteristic remote
climate continental mountain climate
continent Asia
country Afghanistan
culturalRegion Nuristan cultural area NERFINISHED
demographicFeature sparsely populated
elevationFeature high-altitude valleys
ethnicComposition predominantly Nuristani
ethnolinguisticGroup Waigali people NERFINISHED
geographicRegion Hindu Kush NERFINISHED
governedBy Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (historical) NERFINISHED
hasMajorValley Waygal Valley NERFINISHED
hasMinorityLanguage Dari NERFINISHED
Pashto NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType rural
historicalRegion Kafiristan NERFINISHED
knownFor Nuristani Waigali-speaking community
languageFamily Nuristani languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Waigali language NERFINISHED
linguisticRegion Waigali-speaking area
locatedIn Nuristan Province NERFINISHED
Nuristan region NERFINISHED
eastern Afghanistan NERFINISHED
naturalEnvironment forested mountains
partOf Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Nuristan Province NERFINISHED
populationGroup Nuristanis NERFINISHED
primaryEconomicActivity animal husbandry
subsistence agriculture
religionMajority Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
river Waygal River NERFINISHED
securitySituation historically volatile
strategicImportance borderland between Nuristan and Kunar regions
terrain mountainous
timeZone Afghanistan Time NERFINISHED
transportAccessibility limited road access
utcOffset +04:30

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Waigali language spokenInDistrict Waygal District