Lashkargah

Lashkargāh, also known as Lakhkargah, and historically known as Bost or Bust, is a city in southwestern and the capital of .
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  • Type: City with 45,800 residents
  • Description: Capital of Helmand Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Bist”, “Bost”, “Bust”, “Lashkar Gah”, “Las̲h̲kargāh Busṯ”, “Lashkargakh”, “Laškargāh”, “Nawab City”, and “لښکرگاه بسټ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bost Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an serving Lashkargah, a city in in . It is located on the east bank of the , 5 miles north of its junction with the Arghandab River. It is also 75 miles west of .

Lashkargah

Latitude
31.5831° or 31° 34′ 59″ north
Longitude
64.3601° or 64° 21′ 37″ east
Population
45,800
Elevation
786 metres (2,579 feet)
IATA airport code
BST
United Nations Location Codes
AF BST and AF LAG
Open location code
8J36H9M6+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312368833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1134720
Wiki­data ID
Q476800
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Lashkargah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بست
  • Arabic: پست
  • Arabic: لشكر غاه
  • Arabic: لشكر كاه
  • Arabic: لشكر گاه
  • Arabic: لشكركاه
  • Asturian: Lashkar Gah
  • Azerbaijani: Ləşgərgah
  • Belarusian: Лашкаргах
  • Bengali: লস্করগাহ
  • Bulgarian: Лашкар Гах
  • Catalan: Lashkargah
  • Cebuano: Lashkar Gāh
  • Chinese: 拉什卡尔加
  • Chinese: 拉什卡爾加
  • Czech: Laškar Gáh
  • Czech: Laškargáh
  • Danish: Lashkar Gah
  • Danish: Lashkargah
  • Dutch: Lashkar Gah
  • Egyptian Arabic: لشكر كاه
  • Esperanto: Laŝkar Gah
  • Esperanto: Laŝkargaho
  • Estonian: Bost
  • Estonian: Lashkar Gah
  • Estonian: Lashkargah
  • Estonian: Lashkargāh
  • Estonian: Laškargah
  • Finnish: Lashkar Gah
  • Finnish: Laškargah
  • French: Lachkar Gah
  • French: Lachkargah
  • French: Lashkar Gah
  • French: Laskkar Gah
  • German: Laschkar Gah
  • German: Laschkarga
  • German: Lashkar Gal
  • German: Lashkarga
  • Greek: Λασκάρ Γκα
  • Greek: Λασκάρ Γκαχ
  • Gujarati: લશ્કર ગહ
  • Hebrew: לשכר גאה
  • Hindi: लश्कर गाह
  • Hindi: लश्करगाह
  • Indonesian: Lashkar Gah
  • Indonesian: Lashkargah
  • Irish: Lashkar Gah
  • Italian: Lashkar Gah
  • Italian: Lashkar-Gah
  • Japanese: ラシュカルガー
  • Kannada: ಲಷ್ಕರ್ ಗಾಹ್
  • Korean: 라슈카르가
  • Latvian: Laškargāha
  • Lithuanian: Laškar Gahas
  • Malay: Lashkar Gah
  • Malayalam: ലഷ്കർഗാഹ്
  • Marathi: लष्कर गह
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lashkar Gah
  • Norwegian: Lashkargah
  • Panjabi: ਲਸ਼ਕਰਗਾਹ
  • Persian: لشكر گاه
  • Persian: لشکرگاه
  • Persian: لشگرگاه
  • Polish: Lashkagar
  • Polish: Laszkar Gah
  • Polish: Laszkargah
  • Portuguese: Lashkar Gah
  • Pushto: Lashkar Gāh
  • Pushto: لښکرګاه
  • Pushto: لښکرگاه
  • Romanian: Lashkar Gah
  • Russian: Бост
  • Russian: Лашкар Гах
  • Russian: Лашкаргах
  • Russian: Лашкарёвка
  • Sinhala: ලෂ්කාර් ගාහ්
  • Slovenian: Laškargah
  • Spanish: Lashkar Gah
  • Spanish: Lashkar Gar
  • Spanish: Laskar Gāh
  • Spanish: Laškar Gah
  • Spanish: Laškar Gāh
  • Swedish: Lashkar Gah
  • Tagalog: Lashkar Gah
  • Tagalog: Lashkar Gar
  • Tagalog: Lashkarga
  • Tagalog: Lashkargah
  • Tajik: Лашкаргоҳ
  • Tamil: லாசுகர் கா
  • Tatar: Ләшкәргәһ
  • Telugu: లష్కర్ ఘా
  • Thai: เลชการ์ กาฮ์
  • Turkish: Büst
  • Turkish: Leşkergah
  • Ukrainian: Лашкар Гах
  • Ukrainian: Лашкаргах
  • Urdu: بست لشکرگاہ
  • Urdu: بست
  • Urdu: لشکر گاہ
  • Urdu: لشکرگاہ
  • Uzbek: Lashkargoh (Afgʻoniston)
  • Uzbek: Lashkargoh
  • Venetian: Lashkar Gah
  • Vietnamese: Lashkar Gah
  • Vietnamese: Lashkargah
  • Waray (Philippines): Lashkar Gah
  • Waray (Philippines): Lashkargah
  • Welsh: Lashkargah
  • Western Panjabi: لشکر گاہ

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