City profile · Afghanistan · Asia
Mehtar Lām
Laghman · Afghanistan
City population
17,345
#45
in Afghanistan
#28,305
worldwide
34.671, 70.209 · 96 km from Kabul
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.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Laghman
Coordinates
34.671, 70.209
Record updated
13 April 2026
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.