Najaf is the capital city of the eponymous Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people. The city holds the Imam Ali Shrine, the burial place of Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Rashidun caliph. The shrine is considered by Shia Muslims as the holiest site in Islam after Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.
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Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the shrine, with attendance peaking during Arba'in, the largest annual public gathering on earth. The city is one of Iraq's spiritual capitals, as well as the country's center of Shia political power. The world's largest cemetery, Wadi-us-Salaam, and the world's oldest Shia Islamic seminary, Hawza of Najaf, are also located in the city.
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Towns around Najaf
- Kufa9.3 km E
- Ash Shāmīyah25 km E
- Al Mishkhāb28 km SE
- Nahiyat Ghammas41 km SE
- Al-Qāsim44 km NE
- Al Hillah49 km N
- Al Diwaniyah55 km E
- Abu Gharaq56 km N
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