Nawa (other names: Bareh Kheyl, Nāwah, Mahmūd Khel, Barak Khel, Nāwa, Mahmud Khel, Bāreh Kheyl, Bara Khel) is located on at 2,007 m altitude in the central part of Nawa District, Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Tarakai tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. Climate Nawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa) with hot summers and cold winters. Notable people Nur Muhammad Taraki (President of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979); Enaiatollah Akbari, the protagonist of the book "In the sea there are crocodiles" by Fabio Geda, which tells of the journey of an Afghan child (Enaiat) who escapes from slavery and travels through the Middle East until eventually arriving in Italy, where he lives. See also Ghazni Province References Populated places in Ghazni Province