Najaf
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.
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- City with about 725,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (200 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code NJF
- Description: city in central-south Iraq
- Also known as“Al Najaf al Ashraf”“Al-Najaf”“An Najaf al Ashraf”“An-Najaf”“Baniqia”“Meshed ’Ali”“Neshed Ali”“بانيقيا”
Places of Interest
Discover Imam Ali Shrine and Alnajaf Stadium.
Najaf
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Latitude
32.001° or 32° 0′ 4″ north
Longitude
44.33° or 44° 19′ 48″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Najaf” goes by many names.
NexhefAlbanian
الكافيArabic
النجفArabic
النجف الاشرفArabic
نجفArabic
NachafAragonese
ՆաջաֆArmenian
NajafAsturian
NəcəfAzerbaijani
Ән-НәжәфBashkir
Al-NajafBasque
An-NajafBasque
NajafBasque
Ан-НаджафBelarusian
НаджафBelarusian
НеджэфBelarusian
Эн-НаджафBelarusian
নাজাফBengali
НаджафBulgarian
NadjafCatalan
NajafCatalan
An NajafCebuano
NädzäfCebuano
نەجەفCentral Kurdish
納傑夫Chinese
納杰夫Chinese
纳杰夫Chinese
NadžafCroatian
NadžáfCzech
An-NajafDanish
NajafDanish
NejefDanish
NadjafDutch
NajafDutch
NedjefDutch
النجفEgyptian Arabic
NaĝafEsperanto
NaĝafoEsperanto
NajafEsperanto
An-NajafEstonian
NadžafEstonian
NajafEstonian
Al-NajafFinnish
An-NajafFinnish
NadzafFinnish
NajafFinnish
NajafGalician
ნაჯაფიGeorgian
ΝατζάφGreek
NajafHausa
נג’ףHebrew
नजफ़Hindi
NedzsefHungarian
NajafIndonesian
NajafIrish
An NajafItalian
NajafItalian
ナジャフJapanese
NajafKalaallisut
ನಜಾಫ್Kannada
نَجَفKashmiri
НажафKazakh
НәджәфKazakh
NëdzëfKinaray-A
나자프Korean
NecefKurdish
NedžefaLatvian
NadžafasLithuanian
An NajafLombard
NajafLombard
النجفLombard
نجفLombard
NajafMalay
NajafMalayalam
നജഫ്Malayalam
NajafMaori
नजफMarathi
نجفMazanderani
النجفMesopotamian Arabic
النجف الاشرفMesopotamian Arabic
نجفMesopotamian Arabic
ნაჯაფიMingrelian
NajafNorwegian
Al-NajafNorwegian Bokmål
NajafNorwegian Bokmål
NajafNorwegian Nynorsk
ܢܓܦOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܢܓܦ (ܡܕܝܢܬܐ)Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Эн-НаджафOssetian
NajafPampanga
ਨਜਫ਼Panjabi
نجفPersian
نجف اشرفPersian
Al-NadżafPolish
An-NadżafPolish
NadżafPolish
NedżefPolish
NajafRomanian
Ан-НаджафRussian
НеджефRussian
Эн-НаджафRussian
NajafScots
النجفScots
NadžafSerbian
НаџафSerbian
نجفSerbian
NadžafSerbo-Croatian
NajafSerbo-Croatian
An-NadżafSilesian
An-NadžafSlovak
NadžafSlovenian
نجفSouth Azerbaijani
Al-NajafSwedish
An-NajafSwedish
NajafSwedish
NëdzëfTagalog
НаҷафTajik
நஜாப்Tamil
НәҗәфTatar
นาจาฟThai
แนแจฟThai
NecefTurkish
نەجەفUighur
Ан-НаджафUkrainian
Ен-НаджафUkrainian
نجفUrdu
NajafUzbek
NajafVenetian
NajafWaray (Philippines)
ՆաժաֆWestern Armenian
نجفWestern Panjabi
纳杰夫Wu Chinese
拿謝夫Yue Chinese
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