City profile · Afghanistan · Asia
Lashkar Gāh
Helmand · Afghanistan
City population
43,934
#27
in Afghanistan
#1
in Helmand
#12,840
worldwide
31.594, 64.372 · 554 km from Kabul
About Lashkar Gāh
Lashkar Gāh is a city in Helmand, Afghanistan with a population of 43,934. It is the 27th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 12,840th largest worldwide. It lies 554 km from Kabul.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Helmand
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
786 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
31.594, 64.372
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 53 in AfghanistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.