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Karbala Governorate

Karbala Governorate is a governorate in central . Its administrative center is the city of , a holy city for Shia Muslims for housing the shrine of the revered Imam Hussein.
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  • Type: State with 1,200,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Karbala”, “Karbalāʼ”, “Liwā Karbalā’”, and “Liwā’ Karbalā’”

Karbala Governorate

Latitude
32.4512° or 32° 27′ 4″ north
Longitude
43.8197° or 43° 49′ 11″ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
Open location code
8H45FR29+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2914855222
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
94823
Wiki­data ID
Q214104
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Karbala Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كربلاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة كربلاء”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kərbəla mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Karbalako probintzia”
  • Bengali: “কারবালা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “কারবালা প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кербала”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Karbalā‘”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Karbalā’”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای کەربەلا”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەربەلا”
  • Chinese: “Karbala Séng”
  • Chinese: “卡尔巴拉省”
  • Chinese: “卡巴拉省”
  • Chinese: “卡爾巴拉省”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Karbala”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Karbalá”
  • Czech: “Karbalá”
  • Czech: “Provincie Karbalá”
  • Danish: “Karbala”
  • Danish: “Kerbala”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kerbela (wılayet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kerbela”
  • Dutch: “Karbala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كربلا”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Karbala”
  • Estonian: “Karbala‘ kubernerkond”
  • Estonian: “Karbalā’ kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Karbala”
  • Finnish: “Karbalan kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Karbalan maakunta”
  • French: “Karbala”
  • Georgian: “ქარბალის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Karbala”
  • German: “IQ-KA”
  • German: “Karbala”
  • German: “Kerbela”
  • German: “Provinz Karbala”
  • Greek: “Κάρμπαλα”
  • Gujarati: “કરબલા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Karbala Governorate”
  • Hebrew: “כרבלא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז כרבלא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קרבלא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קרבלה”
  • Hindi: “करबला प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “कर्बला गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Kerbela kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat karbala”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Karbala”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Kerbela”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Kerbela”
  • Japanese: “カルバラー”
  • Japanese: “カルバラー県”
  • Kannada: “ಕರ್ಬಲಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “카르발라주”
  • Kurdish: “Kerbela”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Kerbela”
  • Kurdish: “کەربەلا”
  • Latvian: “Kerbelas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerbelos gubernija”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Karbala”
  • Marathi: “कार्बाला गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “کربلا اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karbala Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karbala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karbala guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Karbala”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Persian: “استان کربلا”
  • Polish: “Karbala”
  • Portuguese: “Carbala”
  • Portuguese: “Karbala”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Karbala”
  • Russian: “Кербела”
  • Scots: “Karbala Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Karbala Province”
  • Serbian: “Карбала”
  • Sinhala: “කර්බලා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Karbala”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کربلا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Al Karbala”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Karbalá”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Kerbala”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Kerbala”
  • Spanish: “Karbalá”
  • Spanish: “Kerbala”
  • Swedish: “Karbala”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Karbalo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Карбало”
  • Tamil: “கர்பலா மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “కర్బాలా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Telugu: “కార్బాలా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกัรบะลาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Kerbela ili”
  • Turkish: “Kerbela”
  • Ukrainian: “Кербела”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ کربلا”
  • Uzbek: “Karbalo muhofazasi”
  • Venetian: “goernatorà de Kerbela”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Karbala”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karbala (gobernador)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karbala”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کربلا”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡尔巴拉省”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡巴拉省”

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