First Ghari
First Ghari is a hamlet in Najaf District, Najaf Governorate. First Ghari is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي الاطباء, as well as near Atbba area.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wadi-us-Salaam and Imam Ali Shrine.
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.
Imam Ali Shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Imam Ali Shrine, also known as the Mosque of Ali, is a Shi'ite mosque and shrine, located in Najaf, in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq. The site is a mausoleum which Shia and Sunni Muslims believe contains the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Imam Ali Shrine is situated 3 km southwest of First Ghari.
Alnajaf Stadium
Stadium
An-Najaf Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Najaf, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Najaf SC. Opened in 1970, the stadium holds 12,000 people.
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.
First Ghari
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Ḩayy an Nafţ” and “Ḩayy an Nafţ, حي النفط, Hayy an Naft, حي النفط”
- Category: locality
- Location: Najaf District, Najaf Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.02144° or 32° 1′ 17″ northLongitude
44.32612° or 44° 19′ 34″ eastElevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
8H4628CG+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2487775245OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
6781295
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“First Ghari” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الغري الأول”
- Arabic: “حي النفط”
- French: “Hayy an Naft”
- German: “Hayy an Naft”
- Kurdish: “غري ١”
Localities in the Area
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