Kufa, Iraq

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kufa,_Iraq
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode +964
gptkbp:capital Najaf
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 10 km
gptkbp:founded 638 CE
gptkbp:historicalSignificance early Islamic capital
center of Shia Islam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kufa, Iraq
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Shrine_of_Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Shrine_of_Hani_ibn_Urwa
gptkb:Shrine_of_Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Kufa
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Kufa
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Kufa_Mosque
Islamic scholarship
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
gptkb:Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkbp:population approximately 110,000
gptkbp:postalCode 54001
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Umm_al-Kitab
gptkb:Ibrahim_al-Nakha'i
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6