Zaranj or
Zarang (
Persian/
Pashto/) is a city in southwestern
Afghanistan, near the border with
Iran, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015. It is the capital of
Nimruz province and is linked by highways with
Lashkar Gah to the east,
Farah to the north and the Iranian city of
Zabol to the west. Zaranj serves as the border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, which is of significant importance to the trade-route between
Central Asia and
South Asia with the
Middle East.