Lashkargah District

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Lashkargah is a district in the east of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, surrounding the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. Its population is 60% Pashtun and 20% Baluch, with smaller numbers of Uzbeks, Hindus and Hazara; the population was estimated at 85,800 in 2005. All the villages and the capital are along the Helmand River. The rest of the district is a desert.

[edit] References

• UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-11-26, accessed 2006-08-01 (PDF).

[edit] External links

• Map of Lashkargah district (PDF)

v • d • e Districts of Helmand Baghran • Dishu • Garmsir • Gerishk • Kajaki • Khanashin • Lashkar Gah • Musa Qala • Nad Ali • Nawa-I-Barakzayi • Nawzad • Sangin • Washir