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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Label Occurrences
Waygal District canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Nuristan Province ⓘ
borderingCountryRegion northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
borderingDistrict Barg-e-Matal District ⓘ
Du Ab District ⓘ
Kamdesh District ⓘ
borderingProvince Kunar Province ⓘ
Laghman Province ⓘ
borderType mountain passes ⓘ
capitalCountry Kabul ⓘ
characteristic remote ⓘ
climate continental mountain climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalRegion Nuristan cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Nuristan Province
demographicFeature sparsely populated ⓘ
elevationFeature high-altitude valleys ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Nuristani ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Waigali people ⓘ
geographicRegion Hindu Kush ⓘ
governedBy Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (historical) ⓘ
hasMajorValley Waygal Valley ⓘ
linked to: Waigal Valley
hasMinorityLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
hasSettlementType rural ⓘ
historicalRegion Kafiristan ⓘ
knownFor Nuristani Waigali-speaking community ⓘ
languageFamily Nuristani languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Waigali language ⓘ
linguisticRegion Waigali-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn Nuristan Province ⓘ
Nuristan region ⓘ
linked to: Nuristan Province

eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
naturalEnvironment forested mountains ⓘ
partOf Afghanistan ⓘ
Nuristan Province ⓘ
populationGroup Nuristanis ⓘ
linked to: Nuristani people
primaryEconomicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
river Waygal River ⓘ
securitySituation historically volatile ⓘ
strategicImportance borderland between Nuristan and Kunar regions ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
transportAccessibility limited road access ⓘ
utcOffset +04:30 ⓘ

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

Waigali language → spokenInDistrict → Waygal District ⓘ