Najaf Governorate

E338659
administrative division governorate

Najaf Governorate is an administrative region in central Iraq that includes the holy city of Najaf, a major center of Shia Islam and religious scholarship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Najaf Governorate canonical 16
Al-Najaf District 1
Al-Najaf Governorate 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
governorate ⓘ
administrativeCenter Najaf ⓘ
belongsToRegion Shia-majority areas of Iraq ⓘ
borders Qadisiyyah Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate

Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Karbala Governorate ⓘ
Muthanna Governorate ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
capital Najaf ⓘ
contains Al-Abbasiya District ⓘ
Al-Hirah ⓘ
Al-Manathera District ⓘ
Najaf Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Al-Najaf District

Kufa ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Iraq
governingBody Najaf Governorate administration ⓘ
surface form: Najaf Governorate Council
hasAirport Najaf International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Al Najaf International Airport
hasCity Al-Hirah ⓘ
Al-Manathera ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
hasFeature large Shia pilgrimage traffic ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Hawza of Najaf ⓘ
surface form: hawzas (Shia seminaries) in Najaf
hasHistoricalRole center of Shia jurisprudence ⓘ
site of major religious scholarship in Islam ⓘ
hasHolyCity Najaf ⓘ
hasNotableSite Imam Ali Shrine ⓘ
Kufa Mosque ⓘ
Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn central Iraq ⓘ
locatedOn edge of the Najaf desert ⓘ
majorReligion Shia Islam ⓘ
partOf Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Arabian Peninsula region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousSignificance center of Shia religious scholarship ⓘ
major center of Shia Islam ⓘ
timezone UTC+3 ⓘ
usesCurrency Iraqi dinar ⓘ

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Najaf → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf → capitalOf → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
central Iraq → contains → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Karbala Governorate → borders → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Great Mosque of Kufa → locatedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Najaf Governorate
Shrine of Muslim ibn Aqil → region → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Qadisiyyah Governorate → borderedBy → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Shia Arabs → concentratedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery → locatedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf Governorate → contains → Najaf Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Najaf District
University of Kufa → locatedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
University of Kufa → serves → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf International Airport → locatedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf Governorate administration → jurisdiction → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf Governorate administration → governs → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Najaf al-Ashraf → locatedIn → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Kufa Mosque → region → Najaf Governorate ⓘ
Muthanna Governorate → hasBorderWith → Najaf Governorate ⓘ