Gereshk

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Coordinates: 31°49′N, 64°33′E Gereshk is a town in Gerishk District in Helmand province on the Helmand River in central Afghanistan, some 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Kandahar at 817 m altitude. Gereshk is the centre of a rich agricultural region with the Kajakai dam upriver diverting water to the Boghra Irrigation Canal. Gereshk was originally built around a fort on the right bank of the river but was later rebuilt on the left. During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42), the fort was captured by the British but it was conceded and returned in 1879. Gereshk has a population of about 48 546 and has a developed hospital and a school of engineering which was built back in 1957.