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City profile · Afghanistan · Asia

Mehtar Lām

Laghman · Afghanistan
City population
17,345
#45
in Afghanistan
#28,305
worldwide
KabulMehtar Lām
34.671, 70.209 · 96 km from Kabul
City population
17,345
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Afghanistan
#45
of 53 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#28,305
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Afghanistan
0.0%
of the national population

About Mehtar Lām

Mehtar Lām is a city in Laghman, Afghanistan with a population of 17,345. It is the 45th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 28,305th largest worldwide. It lies 96 km from Kabul.

Position in Afghanistan
#45of 53
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Afghanistan
Region
Laghman
Distance to capital
96 km
to Kabul
Elevation
795 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
34.671, 70.209
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

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Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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