Grishk
Grishk is the new name of Zamindawar which is named after the invasion of the region by Nader Afshar army and given to Ghilji tribe in 18th century. Grishk a town in Grishk District of Helmand province, geographically located along the Helmand River in Afghanistan, some 120 km northwest of Kandahar, at 817 metres altitude.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 43,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Girishk” and “Nahr-e Sarāj”
Grishk
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Grishk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Grishk” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրիշք”
- Bengali: “গ্রিশক”
- Catalan: “Girishk”
- Cebuano: “Gereshk”
- Chinese: “蓋雷什克”
- Danish: “Gereshk”
- Dutch: “Girishk”
- Estonian: “Girishk”
- Estonian: “Girišk”
- Finnish: “Gerešk”
- German: “Girischk”
- German: “Girishk”
- Irish: “Girishk”
- Japanese: “ギリシク”
- Japanese: “ギリシュク”
- Japanese: “ゲレシュク”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gereshk”
- Persian: “گرشک”
- Polish: “Gereszk”
- Pushto: “ګرشک”
- Russian: “Герешк”
- Spanish: “Geresk”
- Spanish: “Gerešk”
- Swedish: “Gereshk”
- Turkish: “Gereşk”
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