Grishk

E800911

Grishk is a town in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, strategically located along major transport routes and near the Helmand River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Grishk canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
conflict Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Taliban insurgency

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
coordinateLocation 31.820°N 64.570°E ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
currentCountryStatus Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
elevation approximately 800 m above sea level ⓘ
governingAuthority Taliban (current de facto) ⓘ
linked to: Taliban
hasBridge Grishk bridge over Helmand River ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresence Afghan National Security Forces (historical) ⓘ
Taliban forces ⓘ
linked to: Taliban
historicalEvent site of multiple clashes during NATO operations in Helmand ⓘ
languageSpoken Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Helmand Province ⓘ
locatedInFormerCountry Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ
Kingdom of Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Helmand River ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Highway 1 ⓘ
Kandahar–Herat highway ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture in surrounding areas ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
nearbyCity Farah ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
Lashkargah ⓘ
partOf Grishk District ⓘ
provinceCapital Lashkargah ⓘ
regionType conflict-affected area ⓘ
religion Islam (majority) ⓘ
linked to: Islam
riverBasin Helmand River basin ⓘ
linked to: Helmand River
riverCrossing Helmand River bridge ⓘ
roadConnection Farah ⓘ
Herat ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
Lashkargah ⓘ
strategicImportance access point to Helmand River valley ⓘ
key node on route between Kandahar and Herat ⓘ
major transport hub in southern Afghanistan ⓘ
timeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
transportRole link between central Helmand and western Afghanistan ⓘ
utcOffset +4:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helmand River → passesNear → Grishk ⓘ
Grishk Dam → locatedNearTown → Grishk ⓘ