Sangin
Sign in to saveSangin () is a town in Helmand province of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately 20,000 people. It is located on in the valley of the Helmand River at altitude, to the north-east of Lashkargah. Sangin is notorious as one of the central locations of the opium trade in the south of the country, and is also a town that has traditionally supported the Taliban. It was described by British newspaper The Guardian as "the deadliest area in Afghanistan" in 2010. Sangin also houses the main bazaar for Sangin District. Route 611 passes through Sangin.
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Place details
- Locality
- سنگین
- Region
- هلمند ولايت
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 13,579
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
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Key facts
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- Sangin
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- Sangin.jpg
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- 300px
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- Sangin District Centre during a fight between British troops and the Taliban in 2007
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- Afghanistan
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- bottom
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- Location in Afghanistan
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- 300
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Helmand Province
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sangin District
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- para
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 20,000
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- Ethnicities
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- Religions
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations
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Sangin () is a town in Helmand province of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately 20,000 people. It is located on in the valley of the Helmand River at altitude, to the north-east of Lashkargah. Sangin is notorious as one of the central locations of the opium trade in the south of the country, and is also a town that has traditionally supported the Taliban. It was described by British newspaper The Guardian as "the deadliest area in Afghanistan" in 2010. Sangin also houses the main bazaar for Sangin District. Route 611 passes through Sangin.
==Climate== Sangin has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Sangin is 18.8 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 143 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 31.6 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 6.1 °C.
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