Helmand Province, Afghanistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Helmand_Province,_Afghanistan
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:province
gptkbp:area 58,584 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Ghor_Province
gptkb:Kandahar_Province
gptkb:Uruzgan_Province
gptkb:Farah_Province
gptkb:Nimruz_Province
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Lashkar_Gah
gptkbp:climate arid
gptkbp:country gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:district 13
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Pashtun
gptkbp:governor Abdul Ghafar Akhund (as of 2023)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Helmand Province, Afghanistan
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:AF-HEL
gptkbp:knownFor opium production
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:southwestern_Afghanistan
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:wheat
cotton
poppy
gptkbp:mainLanguage Pashto
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Helmand_River
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Kajaki_Dam
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Gereshk
gptkb:Musa_Qala
gptkb:Nad_Ali
gptkb:Sangin
gptkbp:notableEvent site of major fighting during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
gptkbp:population approximately 1,446,230 (2015 est.)
gptkbp:timezone UTC+4:30
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode 11
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mullah_Abdul_Bari
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6