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.- Type: Town
- Description: city in Babylon, Iraq
- Also known as: “Al Kifl”, “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.
Ezekiel’s Tomb
Synagogue
Al-Kifl
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al-Hilla District, Babil Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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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