Bahr al Aman
Bahr al Aman is in Najaf Governorate, Iraq. Bahr al Aman is situated nearby to the locality Munkhafad al Attar, as well as near the neighborhood مدينة ابو تراب السكنية.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wadi-us-Salaam.
Wadi-us-Salaam
Cemetery
Photo: Wurzelgnohm, CC0.
Wadi-us-Salaam is an Islamic cemetery, located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is the largest cemetery in the world. The cemetery covers 1,485.5 acres and contains more than 6 million bodies. Wadi-us-Salaam is situated 3 km east of Bahr al Aman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Najaf.
Najaf
Photo: Wessm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Najaf is the capital city of the eponymous Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people.
Bahr al Aman
- Type: Body of water (intermittent)
- Also known as: “Baḩr al ‘Aman”, “Bahr al `Aman”, and “Baḩr al Aman, بحر العمن, Bahr al Aman, بحر العمن”
- Location: Najaf Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.02716° or 32° 1′ 38″ northLongitude
44.27321° or 44° 16′ 24″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8H4627GF+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 959039076OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesGeoNames ID
6780915
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Bahr al Aman” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحر العمن”
- French: “Bahr al Aman”
- German: “Bahr al Aman”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Munkhafad al Attar and مدينة ابو تراب السكنية.
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