Al-Kifl
Al-Kifl is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and al-Hilla. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Al-Kifl is the location of al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel.
Photo: Thedrewid314, Public domain.- Town
- …lies at an elevation of 27 metres (89 feet)
- Description: city in Babylon, Iraq
- Also known as“Al Kifl - الكفل”“Al Kifl, Kafil, Kefil, Kefl, Kifl, Nāḩiyat al Kifl, Al Kifl, Kafil, Kefil, Kefl, Kifl, Nahiyat al Kifl”“Kafil”“Kefil”“Kefl”“Kifl”“Nāḩiyat al Kifl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ezekiel’s Tomb.
Ezekiel’s Tomb
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Al-Kifl
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Latitude
32.22633° or 32° 13′ 35″ north
Longitude
44.3662° or 44° 21′ 58″ east
Open location code
8H4669G8+GF
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Kifl” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكفل”
- Arabic: “ناحية الكفل”
- Dutch: “Al Kifl”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكفل”
- French: “Al Kifl”
- German: “Al Kifl”
- Hebrew: “העיירה כפל”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Kifl”
- Persian: “کفل (شهر)”
- Persian: “کفل”
- Polish: “Al-Kifl”
- Portuguese: “Al Kifl”
- Russian: “Эль-Кифль”
- Slovenian: “Kifl”
- Spanish: “Al Kifl”
- Spanish: “Kifl”
- Swedish: “al-Kifl”
- Swedish: “Al-Kifl”
- Thai: “อัลกิฟล์”
- Turkish: “El-Kifl”
- Urdu: “الکفل”
- Uzbek: “Al Kifl”
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