Lashkar Gāh at a glance
- With about 44,000 inhabitants, Lashkar Gāh is one of the 50 largest places in Afghanistan.
- No town in Helmand is bigger.
- It's about 554 km to Kabul, the country's largest city.
- For a bigger city, Kandahār is about 127 km away.
- Towns nearby: Gereshk (31 km), Markaz-e Ḩukūmat-e Darwēshān (54 km) and Sangīn (69 km).