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Najaf Governorate

Najaf Governorate is a governorate in central and southern . The capital is the city of , with another major city being Al Kufah. Both cities are holy to Shia Muslims, who form the majority of the population.
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  • Type: State with 1,400,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Najaf Al Ashraf”, “An Najaf Al Ashraf”, “Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf”, “Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf al Ashraf”, and “Najaf”

Najaf Governorate

Latitude
31.3384° or 31° 20′ 18″ north
Longitude
43.8411° or 43° 50′ 28″ east
Population
1,400,000
Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)
Open location code
8H358RQR+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2914855226
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
98862
Wiki­data ID
Q192882
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Najaf Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النجف الأشرف”
  • Arabic: “النجف”
  • Arabic: “محافظة النجف الأشرف”
  • Arabic: “محافظة النجف”
  • Armenian: “Նաջաֆի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nəcəf mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Najafeko probintzia”
  • Bavarian: “An-Nadschaf”
  • Belarusian: “Наджаф”
  • Bengali: “নাজাফ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “নাজাফ প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Наджаф”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Najaf”
  • Cebuano: “An Najaf”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای نەجەف”
  • Central Kurdish: “نەجەف”
  • Chinese: “Najaf Séng”
  • Chinese: “拿謝夫省”
  • Chinese: “納傑夫省”
  • Chinese: “纳杰夫省”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Nadžaf”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Nadžáf”
  • Czech: “Nadžaf”
  • Czech: “Provincie Nadžaf”
  • Czech: “Provincie Nadžáf”
  • Danish: “An Najaf”
  • Danish: “Najaf”
  • Dutch: “An-Najaf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “النجف”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Naĝaf”
  • Estonian: “An-Najafi kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Najaf (maakunta)”
  • Finnish: “Najaf”
  • Finnish: “Najafin maakunta”
  • French: “An-Najaf”
  • French: “Nadjaf”
  • Georgian: “ნაჯაფის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “An-Nadschaf”
  • German: “Gouvernement Nadschaf”
  • German: “IQ-NA”
  • German: “Nadschaf”
  • German: “Provinz an-Nadschaf”
  • German: “Provinz An-Najaf”
  • German: “Provinz Nadschaf”
  • Greek: “Νατζάφ”
  • Gujarati: “નજફ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “א-נג’ף”
  • Hindi: “नजफ गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “नजफ़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Nedzsef kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat najaf”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Najaf”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di An-Najaf”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Najaf”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Najaf”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ県”
  • Kannada: “ನಜಾಫ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “나자프주”
  • Kurdish: “Necef”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Necef”
  • Kurdish: “نەجەف”
  • Latvian: “Nedžefas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Nadžafo gubernija”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Najaf”
  • Marathi: “नजफ गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “نجف اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Najaf Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “An-Nadjaf (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “An-Nadjaf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Najaf”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Najaf guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Najaf”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܓܦ”
  • Ossetian: “Наджаф”
  • Persian: “استان نجف”
  • Polish: “An-Nadżaf”
  • Portuguese: “An-Najaf”
  • Portuguese: “Najafe”
  • Portuguese: “Província de An-Najaf”
  • Romanian: “Al-Najaf”
  • Russian: “Наджаф”
  • Russian: “Эн-Наджаф”
  • Scots: “Najaf Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Najaf Province”
  • Serbian: “Наџаф”
  • Sinhala: “නජාෆ් පළාත”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نجف اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “An Najaf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Nayaf”
  • Swedish: “Najaf”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Naçaf”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Наҷаф”
  • Tamil: “நஜாப் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “నాజఫ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการแนแจฟ”
  • Turkish: “Necef ili”
  • Turkish: “Necef”
  • Ukrainian: “Наджаф”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ نجف”
  • Uzbek: “Najaf muhofazasi”
  • Venetian: “goernatorà de Najaf”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Najaf”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Najaf (gobernador)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Najaf”
  • Western Armenian: “Նաժաֆ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ نجف”
  • Yue Chinese: “拿謝夫省”

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