Official Name: | Lal wa Sarjangal |
Native Name: | La'l[1] Qaryeh-ye La‘l[2] [3] |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ghor |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Lal wa Sarjangal |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.5014°N 66.28°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [4] |
Elevation M: | 2880 |
Lal (La'l)[5] (لعل) sometimes called Lal wa Sarjangal (لعل و سرجنگل) is a town and the administrative center of Lal wa Sarjangal District, Ghor province in central Afghanistan.
Lal is one of the most populated areas in Ghor province. The people in this area are the Hazara people.
Lal wa Sarjangal is located within the Hazarajat region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i Baba mountains and the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. The area is very mountainous.[6]
Influenced by its altitude, Lal wa Sarjangal has a boreal climate, defined as a subarctic climate (Dsc) in the Köppen climate classification system. In common with other mountainous region in the province, Lal wa Sarjangal suffers from low rainfall and severe and long winters. The wet season concentrated in winter and spring. Precipitation often falls in the form of snow which is critical for river flow and irrigation in summer.[7]