حي السلام
حي السلام is a neighborhood in Najaf District, Iraq. حي السلام is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي الغري, as well as near حي الفرات.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wadi-us-Salaam and Alnajaf Stadium.
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 4 km west of حي السلام.
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.
Al-Sahlah Mosque
Mosque
The Al-Sahlah Mosque is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque and shrine, located in the city of Kufa, in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq. The mosque is of great importance to Twelver Shia Muslims, and it is believed that the mosque was initially established in Kufa as a neighborhood mosque for the followers of Ali, the early members of the Shia. Al-Sahlah Mosque is situated 3½ km east of حي السلام.
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.
حي السلام
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Najaf District, Najaf, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.02658° or 32° 1′ 36″ northLongitude
44.34365° or 44° 20′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8H4628GV+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 6843734124OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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