Najaf
Najaf Governorate is a governorate in central and southern Iraq. The capital is the city of Najaf, with another major city being Al Kufah. Both cities are holy to Shia Muslims, who form the vast majority of the population.
- State with about 1,290,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Iraq
- Also known as“Al Najaf Al Ashraf”“An Najaf Al Ashraf”“Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf”“Muḩāfaz̧at an Najaf al Ashraf”“Najaf Governorate”“مرقد الامام علي”
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Latitude
31.3384° or 31° 20′ 18″ north
Longitude
43.8411° or 43° 50′ 28″ east
Open location code
8H358RQR+8F
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Najaf” goes by many names.
ናጃፍAmharic
النجفArabic
النجف الأشرفArabic
محافظة النجفArabic
محافظة النجف الأشرفArabic
Նաջաֆի մարզArmenian
NecefAzerbaijani
Nəcəf mühafəzəsiAzerbaijani
Najafeko probintziaBasque
An-NadschafBavarian
НаджафBelarusian
নাজাফBengali
নাজাফ গভর্নোরেটBengali
নাজাফ প্রদেশBengali
НаджафBulgarian
Governació de NajafCatalan
An NajafCebuano
پارێزگای نەجەفCentral Kurdish
نەجەفCentral Kurdish
納傑夫省Chinese
纳杰夫省Chinese
Guvernorát NadžáfCzech
NadžafCzech
Provincie NadžáfCzech
An NajafDanish
NajafDanish
An-NajafDutch
النجفEgyptian Arabic
Gubernio NaĝafEsperanto
An-Najafi kubernerkondEstonian
NajafFinnish
Najaf (maakunta)Finnish
Najafin maakuntaFinnish
ნაჯაფის მუჰაფაზაGeorgian
ΝατζάφGreek
નજફ ગવર્નોરેટGujarati
NajafHausa
א-נג’ףHebrew
नजफ गवर्नरेटHindi
नजफ़ प्रान्तHindi
Nedzsef kormányzóságHungarian
Governorat najafIndonesian
Kegubernuran NajafIndonesian
Governatorato di An-NajafItalian
Governatorato di NajafItalian
ナジャフJapanese
ナジャフ県Japanese
NajafJavanese
ನಜಾಫ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್Kannada
НаджафKazakh
НаджафKirghiz
나자프주Korean
NecefKurdish
Parêzgeha NecefKurdish
نەجەفKurdish
Nedžefas muhāfazaLatvian
Nadžafo gubernijaLithuanian
NajafMalay
Pentadbiran NajafMalay
नजफ गव्हर्नोरेटMarathi
نجف اوستانMazanderani
Najaf SéngMin Nan Chinese
An-NadjafNorthern Frisian
An-Nadjaf (Guwernement)Northern Frisian
NajafNorwegian
NajafNorwegian Bokmål
Najaf guvernementNorwegian Nynorsk
ܢܓܦOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
NajafOromo
НаджафOssetian
ਨਜਫPanjabi
استان نجفPersian
نجفPersian
An-NadżafPolish
نجفPushto
Al-NajafRomanian
Guvernoratul NajafRomanian
НаджафRussian
Эн-НаджафRussian
Najaf GovrenorateScots
Najaf ProvinceScots
НаџафSerbian
නජාෆ් පළාතSinhala
NajafSomali
نجف اوستانیSouth Azerbaijani
NajafSwahili
NajafSwedish
Vilojati NaçafTajik
Вилояти НаҷафTajik
НаҷафTajik
நஜாப் மாகாணம்Tamil
НаҷафTatar
నాజఫ్ గవర్నరేట్Telugu
เขตผู้ว่าการแนแจฟThai
NecefTurkish
Necef iliTurkish
НаджафUkrainian
محافظہ نجفUrdu
NajafUzbek
Najaf muhofazasiUzbek
goernatorà de NajafVenetian
Tỉnh NajafVietnamese
NajafWaray (Philippines)
Najaf (gobernador)Waray (Philippines)
ՆաժաֆWestern Armenian
صوبہ نجفWestern Panjabi
拿謝夫省Yue Chinese
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