Shaţţ al Kūfah

Shaţţ al Kūfah is a channel in Najaf, Iraq. Shaţţ al Kūfah is situated nearby to the town Al-Manathera District, as well as near the locality Al Manādhirah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Manathera District and Al-Hira.

Al-Manathera District

Town

Al-Manathera District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq.

Al-Hira

Town

Photo: Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Public domain.

Al-Hira was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq. It was the capital city of the Lakhmid kingdom, the major Arab client kingdom of the Sasanian Empire in pre-Islamic times, between the fourth and the seventh centuries.

Shaţţ al Kūfah

Type: Channel
Also known as: “Shatt al Kufa” and “Shatt al Kufah”
Category: body of water
Location: Najaf, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.9° or 31° 54′ north

Longitude

44.48333° or 44° 29′ east

Elevation

22 metres (72 feet)

Open location code

8H36WF2M+28

GeoNames ID

94196

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