Najaf

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 vast majority of the population.
Wikipedia
Photo: Zygoptera, CC0.
  • Type: State with 1,400,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Najaf Al Ashraf”, “An Najaf Al Ashraf”, “Gobernacion de Nayaf”, “Governatorato di An-Najaf”, “Governorat najaf”, “Guvernorát Nadžaf”, “Guvernorát Nadžáf”, “IQ-NA”, “Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf”, “Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf al Ashraf”, “Najaf Governorate”, “Najaf Govrenorate”, “Najafin maakunta”, “Parêzgeha Necef”, “Província de An-Najaf”, “Provincia de Nayaf”, “Provincie Nadžaf”, “Provincie Nadžáf”, “Provinz an-Nadschaf”, “Provinz An-Najaf”, “Provinz Nadschaf”, “Эн-Наджаф”, “مرقد الامام علي”, “नजफ गवर्नरेट”, and “নাজাফ গভর্নোরেট”

Najaf

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
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Najaf from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Najaf” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ናጃፍ”
  • Arabic: “النجف الأشرف”
  • Arabic: “النجف”
  • Arabic: “محافظة النجف الأشرف”
  • Arabic: “محافظة النجف”
  • Armenian: “Նաջաֆի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Necef”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nəcəf mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Najafeko probintzia”
  • Bavarian: “An-Nadschaf”
  • Belarusian: “Наджаф”
  • Bengali: “নাজাফ প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “নাজাফ”
  • Bulgarian: “Наджаф”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Najaf”
  • Cebuano: “An Najaf”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای نەجەف”
  • Chinese: “納傑夫省”
  • Chinese: “纳杰夫省”
  • Czech: “Nadžaf”
  • Danish: “Najaf”
  • Dutch: “An-Najaf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “النجف”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Naĝaf”
  • Estonian: “An-Najafi kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Najaf (maakunta)”
  • Finnish: “Najaf”
  • French: “An-Najaf”
  • French: “Nadjaf”
  • Georgian: “ნაჯაფის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “An-Nadschaf”
  • German: “Gouvernement Nadschaf”
  • German: “Nadschaf”
  • Greek: “Νατζάφ”
  • Gujarati: “નજફ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Najaf”
  • Hebrew: “א-נג’ף”
  • Hindi: “नजफ़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Nedzsef kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Najaf”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Najaf”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Najaf”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ県”
  • Javanese: “Najaf”
  • Kannada: “ನಜಾಫ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Наджаф”
  • Kirghiz: “Наджаф”
  • Korean: “나자프주”
  • Kurdish: “Necef”
  • Kurdish: “نەجەف”
  • Latvian: “Nedžefas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Nadžafo gubernija”
  • Malay: “Najaf”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Najaf”
  • Ossetian: “Наджаф”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਜਫ”
  • Persian: “استان نجف”
  • Persian: “نجف”
  • Polish: “An-Nadżaf”
  • Portuguese: “An-Najaf”
  • Portuguese: “Najaf”
  • Portuguese: “Najafe”
  • Pushto: “نجف”
  • Romanian: “Al-Najaf”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Najaf”
  • Russian: “Наджаф”
  • Scots: “Najaf Province”
  • Serbian: “Наџаф”
  • Sinhala: “නජාෆ් පළාත”
  • Somali: “Najaf”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نجف اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “Nayaf”
  • Swahili: “Najaf”
  • Swedish: “Najaf”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Naçaf”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Наҷаф”
  • Tajik: “Наҷаф”
  • Tamil: “நஜாப் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Наҷаф”
  • Telugu: “నాజఫ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการแนแจฟ”
  • Turkish: “Necef ili”
  • Turkish: “Necef”
  • Ukrainian: “Наджаф”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ نجف”
  • Uzbek: “Najaf muhofazasi”
  • Uzbek: “Najaf”
  • 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”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Najaf”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Shaib Hisb and Umm Ghitha.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bless according and Tulul al Juwayrat.

Iraq: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Baghdad, Babylon, Mosul, and Basra.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.