Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate
Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate is a city gate in Kerbala District, Karbala Governorate. Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate is situated nearby to the police station نقطة 13 حفظ النظام, as well as near نقطة 700.Places of Interest Nearby
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. Al-Abbas’s threshold is situated 420 metres east of Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karbala.
Karbala
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate
- Type: City gate
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kerbala District, Karbala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.61645° or 32° 36′ 59″ northLongitude
44.0319° or 44° 1′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8H46J28J+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 9133415459OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
“Al-Ras Al-Shareef Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الرأس الشريف”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include نقطة 700 and نقطة 13 حفظ النظام.
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