Qaryat al Karkashīyah
Qaryat al Karkashīyah is a village in Kerbala District, Karbala Governorate. Qaryat al Karkashīyah is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي امرلي التركمانية, as well as near the hamlet Qaryat Hamas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Abbas’s threshold.
Al-Abbas’s threshold
Mosque
Photo: Sameralhusseini1987, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a Shi'ite mosque, situated near the Imam Husayn shrine, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karbala.
Karbala
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Karbala is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate. With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second-largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad.
Qaryat al Karkashīyah
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Qaryat al Karkashīyah, قرية الكركشية, Qaryat al Karkashiyah, قرية الكركشية”
- Category: locality
- Location: Kerbala District, Karbala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.62174° or 32° 37′ 18″ northLongitude
44.04523° or 44° 2′ 43″ eastElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
8H46J2CW+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2480069249OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
387213
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Qaryat al Karkashīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرية الكركشية”
- French: “Qaryat al Karkashiyah”
- German: “Qaryat al Karkashiyah”
- Hungarian: “Kerbela”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as حي امرلي التركمانية and Qaryat Hamas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include جامع الحوراء زينب and كراج سيارات بغداد.
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