Al-Najaf

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Al_Najaf_International_Airport
gptkbp:annualPilgrimage millions
gptkbp:areaCode +964 33
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:climate arid
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:demographics majority Shia Muslims
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad 160 km south
gptkbp:elevation 70 m
gptkbp:founded 791 CE
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Najaf_(2004)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Al-Najaf
gptkbp:latitude 32.0004
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:longitude 44.3356
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity agriculture
handicrafts
religious tourism
gptkbp:mayor gptkb:Yousef_Kanawi
gptkbp:municipality urban
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Ashura
gptkb:Eid_al-Ghadeer
gptkb:Arbaeen_pilgrimage
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Imam_Ali_Shrine
gptkb:Wadi-us-Salaam_cemetery
Shia Islam holy city
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Imam_Ali_Mosque
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Al-Mishkhab
gptkb:Al-Sahla_Mosque
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Kufa
Sahn of Fatima
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Grand_Ayatollah_Ali_al-Sistani
gptkb:Mohammad_Baqir_al-Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:population about 1,000,000
gptkbp:province gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:religiousSignificance burial place of Ali ibn Abi Talib
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:twinTown gptkb:Mashhad
gptkb:Qom
gptkbp:university gptkb:University_of_Kufa
Al-Najaf Technical Institute
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode gptkb:NAJ
gptkbp:website https://najaf.iq/
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:Hawza_of_Najaf
gptkbp:墓所 Wadi-us-Salaam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nazar_Al-Bahri
gptkb:Mesopotamian_Arabs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7