Lashkargah

Lashkargah, historically known as Bost, is a city in the southern part of , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of and has an estimated population of 191,458 people.
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  • City with 45,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 786 metres (2,579 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BST
  • Description: capital of Helmand Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Bist”
    “Bost”
    “Bust”
    “Las̲h̲kargāh Busṯ”
    “Lashkargakh”
    “Laškargāh”
    “Nawab City”
    “لښکرگاه بسټ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bost Airport.
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Lashkargah

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Latitude
31.5831° or 31° 34′ 59″ north
Longitude
64.3601° or 64° 21′ 37″ east
UN/LOCODE
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 Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Lashkargah” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ላስካር ጋህ”
  • Arabic: “بست”
  • Arabic: “پست”
  • Arabic: “لشكر غاه”
  • Arabic: “لشكر كاه”
  • Arabic: “لشكر گاه”
  • Arabic: “لشكركاه”
  • Arabic: “لشكرگاه”
  • Asturian: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ləşgərgah”
  • Belarusian: “Лашкаргах”
  • Bengali: “লস্করগাহ”
  • Bengali: “লাশকার গাহ”
  • 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”
  • Ga: “Bost”
  • Ga: “Bust”
  • Ga: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Ga: “Lashkargah”
  • German: “Laschkar Gah”
  • German: “Laschkarga”
  • German: “Lashkar Gal”
  • German: “Lashkarga”
  • German: “Lashkargah”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Bost”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lashkargah”
  • Greek: “Λασκάρ Γκα”
  • Greek: “Λασκάρ Γκαχ”
  • Gujarati: “લશ્કર ગહ”
  • Hausa: “Bost”
  • Hausa: “Bust”
  • Hausa: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Hausa: “Lashkargah”
  • Hebrew: “לשכר גאה”
  • Hindi: “लश्कर गह”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Kannada: “ಲಷ್ಕರ್ ಗಾಹ್”
  • Kazakh: “Лашқарғаһ”
  • Kirghiz: “Лашкаргаһ”
  • Korean: “라슈카르가”
  • Latvian: “Laškargāha”
  • Lithuanian: “Laškar Gahas”
  • Malay: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Malayalam: “ലഷ്കർഗാഹ്”
  • Marathi: “लष्कर गह”
  • Northern Frisian: “Laschkar Gaah”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lashkargah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Norwegian: “Lashkargah”
  • Oromo: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਸ਼ਕਰ ਗਾਹ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਸ਼ਕਰਗਾਹ”
  • Persian: “بُست”
  • Persian: “لشكر گاه”
  • Persian: “لشکرگاه”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Spanish: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Spanish: “Lashkar Gar”
  • Spanish: “Laskar Gāh”
  • Spanish: “Laškar Gah”
  • Spanish: “Laškar Gāh”
  • Swahili: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Swedish: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Tagalog: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Tagalog: “Lashkar Gar”
  • Tagalog: “Lashkarga”
  • Tagalog: “Lashkargah”
  • Tajik: “Лашкаргоҳ”
  • Tajik: “Лашқаргаҳ”
  • Tamil: “லாசுகர் கா”
  • Tatar: “Лашкаргах”
  • Tatar: “Ләшкәргәһ”
  • Telugu: “లష్కర్ ఘా”
  • Thai: “ลัชการ์กา”
  • Turkish: “Büst”
  • Turkish: “Laskargah”
  • Turkish: “Leşkergah”
  • Twi: “Bost”
  • Twi: “Bust”
  • Twi: “Lashkar Gah”
  • Twi: “Lashkargah”
  • 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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