Karbala
Karbala is a major city in Iraq, and the capital of Karbala Governorate. With a population of around 800,000 people in 2024, Karbala is the second-largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad.
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Wikimedia, Public domain.- City with about 690,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- Description: city in Karbala Governorate, Iraq
- Also known as“al-Ghadiriya”“Kerbela”“Meshed Hussain”“Meshed Hussein”“Nainawa”“Shathi’ul-Furat”
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Karbala
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Latitude
32.5984° or 32° 35′ 54″ north
Longitude
44.0158° or 44° 0′ 57″ east
UN/LOCODE
IQ KAR
Open location code
8H46H2X8+98
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Karbala” goes by many names.
QerbelajaAlbanian
الطفArabic
الغاضريةArabic
كربلاArabic
كربلاءArabic
كربلاء المقدسةArabic
ՔարբալաArmenian
ՔերբելաArmenian
KarbalaAsturian
KərbəlaAzerbaijani
КәрбәләBashkir
KarbalaBasque
KerbalaBasque
КербелаBelarusian
কারবালাBengali
KarbalaBreton
КарбалаBulgarian
КербалаBulgarian
ကရ်ဘလာBurmese
at-TaffCatalan
KarbalaCatalan
KärbälaʼCebuano
کەربەلاCentral Kurdish
卡尔巴拉Chinese
卡爾巴拉Chinese
KarbalaCroatian
KarbaláCzech
KarbalaDanish
KerbalaDanish
KerbelaDimli (individual language)
KarbalaDutch
KerbalaDutch
KerbelaDutch
كربلاءEgyptian Arabic
KarbalaEsperanto
KarbaloEsperanto
KerbalaEsperanto
KerbelaEsperanto
Karbalā’Estonian
KerbelaEstonian
Karbalā‘Finnish
KerbelaFinnish
ქარბალაGeorgian
ΚαρμπάλαGreek
ΚερμπάλαGreek
કરબલાGujarati
KarbalaHausa
כרבאלאHebrew
כרבלאHebrew
כרבלהHebrew
कर्बलाHindi
KerbelaHungarian
KarbalaIndonesian
KarbalaIrish
KarbalaItalian
KerbalaItalian
KerbelaItalian
カルバラJapanese
カルバラーJapanese
KarbalaJavanese
ಕರ್ಬಲಾKannada
کربلاKashmiri
КарбалаKazakh
КербелаKazakh
KarbalaKinaray-A
КербелаKirghiz
카르발라Korean
KerbelaKurdish
KerbelaLatvian
CarbalaLingua Franca Nova
KerbelaLithuanian
KarbalaLombard
KarbalaMalay
കർബലMalayalam
करबलाMarathi
करबळाMarathi
کربلاMazanderani
كربلاMesopotamian Arabic
كربلاءMesopotamian Arabic
كربلاء المقدسةMesopotamian Arabic
ქარბალაMingrelian
KarbalaNorwegian
KarbalaNorwegian Bokmål
KarbolaNorwegian Bokmål
KarbalaNorwegian Nynorsk
KerbalaNorwegian Nynorsk
KerbelaNorwegian Nynorsk
KarbalâPampanga
ਕਰਬਲਾPanjabi
کربلاPersian
کربلای معلاPersian
کربلای معلیPersian
KarbalaPolish
KerbelaPolish
کربلاPushto
KarbalaRomanian
KerbalaRomanian
КарбалаRussian
КербелаRussian
KarbalaScots
KarbalaSerbian
КарбалаSerbian
КербалаSerbian
كربلاءSerbian
KarbalaSerbo-Croatian
KerbelaSerbo-Croatian
KerbalaSicilian
ڪربلاSindhi
කර්බලාSinhala
KarbalaSlovenian
KarbalaaSomali
کربلاSouth Azerbaijani
KarbalaSundanese
KarbalaSwedish
KarbilaSwedish
KerbalaSwedish
KerbelaSwedish
KarbalaTagalog
KerbalaTagalog
KërbëlâTagalog
KarbalāTajik
Вилояти КарбалоTajik
КарбалоTajik
கர்பலாTamil
КәрбәлаэTatar
కర్బాలాTelugu
กัรบะลาอ์Thai
KerbelâTurkish
كةربالاUighur
كەربەلاUighur
КербелаUkrainian
KarbalaUrdu
KerbalaUrdu
کربلاUrdu
KarbaloUzbek
KerbelaVenetian
KarbalaVietnamese
KarbalaWaray (Philippines)
KerbalaWaray (Philippines)
KërbëlaWaray (Philippines)
کربلاWestern Panjabi
卡尔巴拉Wu Chinese
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