Iraq
Babylon Governorate
Al-Hilla District

Al Kifl

Al Kifl is a town in southeastern on the River, between and Al Hillah. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of Al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel.
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  • Type: Town
  • 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”, and “NahiyatalKifl”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ezekiel’s Tomb.

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ezekiel's Tomb is a mausoleum, located on the site of the Al-Nukhailah Mosque, in Al Kifl, in the district of , in the province of Babylon, .

Al Kifl

Latitude
32.22633° or 32° 13′ 35″ north
Longitude
44.3662° or 44° 21′ 58″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8H4669G8+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2486199735
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
99137
Wiki­data ID
Q4531376
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al Kifl” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكفل”
  • Arabic: “ناحية الكفل”
  • Cebuano: “Al Kifl”
  • 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”
  • Thai: “อัลกิฟล์”
  • Urdu: “الکفل”
  • Uzbek: “Al Kifl”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al Kifl”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.