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: “Al Karbala”, “Gobernacion de Karbalá”, “Gobernacion de Kerbala”, “Governorat karbala”, “IQ-KA”, “Karbala”, “Karbala Govrenorate”, “Karbala‘ kubernerkond”, “Karbalan kuvernoraatti”, “Karbalāʼ”, “Kerbala”, “Liwā Karbalā’”, “Liwā’ Karbalā’”, “Província de Karbala”, “Provincie Karbalá”, “Provinz Karbala”, “מחוז קרבלא”, “מחוז קרבלה”, “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”, “कर्बला गवर्नरेट”, “কারবালা গভর্নোরেট”, and “కర్బాలా గవర్నరేట్”

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 Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Karbala Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ካርባላ”
  • Arabic: “كربلاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة كربلاء”
  • Armenian: “Քարբալայի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kərbəla mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Karbalako probintzia”
  • Bengali: “কারবালা প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “কারবালা”
  • Bulgarian: “Кербала”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Karbalā‘”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Karbalā’”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای کەربەلا”
  • Chinese: “卡尔巴拉省”
  • Chinese: “卡爾巴拉省”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Karbala”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Karbalá”
  • Czech: “Karbalá”
  • Danish: “Karbala”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kerbela (wılayet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kerbela”
  • Dutch: “Karbala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كربلا”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Karbala”
  • Estonian: “Karbalā’ kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Karbala”
  • Finnish: “Karbalan maakunta”
  • French: “Karbala”
  • Georgian: “ქარბალის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Karbala”
  • German: “Karbala”
  • German: “Kerbela”
  • Greek: “Κάρμπαλα”
  • Gujarati: “કરબલા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Karbala Governorate”
  • Hausa: “Karbala”
  • Hebrew: “כרבלא”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז כרבלא”
  • Hindi: “करबला प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Kerbela kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Karbala”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Kerbela”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Kerbela”
  • Japanese: “カルバラー”
  • Japanese: “カルバラー県”
  • Javanese: “Karbala”
  • Kannada: “ಕರ್ಬಲಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Карбала өлігі”
  • Kirghiz: “Карбала”
  • Korean: “카르발라주”
  • Kurdish: “Kerbela”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Kerbela”
  • Kurdish: “کەربەلا”
  • Latvian: “Kerbelas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerbelos gubernija”
  • Malay: “Karbala”
  • 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): “ܟܪܒܠܐܐ”
  • Oromo: “Karbala”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰਬਾਲਾ”
  • Persian: “استان کربلا”
  • Polish: “Karbala”
  • Portuguese: “Carbala”
  • Portuguese: “Karbala”
  • Pushto: “کربلا”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Karbala”
  • Russian: “Кербела”
  • Scots: “Karbala Province”
  • Serbian: “Карбала”
  • Sinhala: “කර්බලා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Karbala”
  • Somali: “Karbala”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کربلا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Kerbala”
  • Spanish: “Karbalá”
  • Swahili: “Karbala”
  • Swedish: “Karbala”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Karbalo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Карбало”
  • Tajik: “Кербола”
  • Tamil: “கர்பலா மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Кербола”
  • Telugu: “కార్బాలా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกัรบะลาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Kerbela ili”
  • Turkish: “Kerbela”
  • Ukrainian: “Кербела”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ کربلا”
  • Uzbek: “Karbala”
  • 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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