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Najaf Governorate, Iraqi
Regional Level Types
Najaf GovernorateProvince
IraqCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Najaf482,576 (2016)
Kufa110,000 (2016)
Al Mishkhāb23,189 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
145473
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:145473:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
An-Najaf province
Other Languages:
Arabic:
محافظة النجف, العراق
French:
An-Najaf, Irak
German:
An-Nadschaf , Irak
Italian:
governatorato di Najaf, Iraq
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Necef, Iraq
Russian:
Наджаф, Ирак
Simplified Chinese:
納傑夫省, 伊拉克
Spanish:
Gobernación de Nayaf, Irak
Aramaic:
ܢܓܦ, ܥܝܪܐܩ
Azeri:
Nəcəf, İraq
Basque:
Najafeko probintzia, Irak
Bavarian:
An-Nadschaf, Irak
Bengali:
নাজাফ প্রদেশ, ইরাক
Bulgarian:
Наджаф, Ирак
Catalan:
Governació de Najaf, Iraq
Cebuano:
An Najaf, Iraq
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
پارێزگای نەجەف, عێراق
Czech:
Nadžaf, Irák
Danish:
Najaf, Irak
Dutch:
An-Najaf, Irak
Egyptian Arabic:
النجف, العراق
Esperanto:
Gubernio Naĝaf, Irako
Estonian:
An-Najafi kubernerkond, Iraak
Farsi/Persian:
استان نجف, عراق
Finnish:
Najaf , Irak
Georgian:
ნაჯაფის მუჰაფაზა, ერაყი
Greek:
Νατζάφ, Ιράκ
Gujarati:
નજફ ગવર્નોરેટ, ઈરાક
Hebrew:
א-נג'ף, עיראק
Hindi:
नजफ़ प्रान्त, इराक़
Hungarian:
Nedzsef kormányzóság, Irak
Indonesian:
Kegubernuran Najaf, Irak
Japanese:
ナジャフ県, イラク
Kannada:
ನಜಾಫ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್, ಇರಾಕ್
Korean:
나자프주, 이라크
Latvian:
Nedžefas muhāfaza, Irāka
Lithuanian:
Nadžafo gubernija, Irakas
Malay:
Pentadbiran Najaf, Iraq
Marathi:
नजफ गव्हर्नोरेट, इराक
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Najaf Séng, Iraq
Norwegian:
Najaf, Irak
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Najaf guvernement, Irak
Ossetian:
Наджаф, Ирак
Polish:
An-Nadżaf, Irak
Portuguese:
Najafe , Iraque
Romanian:
Al-Najaf, Irak
Scots:
Najaf Province, Iraq
Serbian:
Наџаф, Ирак
Sinhalese:
නජාෆ් පළාත, ඉරාක ජනරජය
South Azerbaijani:
نجف اوستانی, عراق
Swedish:
Najaf, Irak
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Вилояти Наҷаф, Ироқ
Tamil:
நஜாப் கோவெர்னோரேட், ஈராக்கு
Telugu:
నాజఫ్ గవర్నరేట్, ఇరాక్
Thai:
เขตผู้ว่าการแนแจฟ, ประเทศอิรัก
Traditional Chinese:
納傑夫省, 伊拉克
Turkish:
Necef , Irak
Ukrainian:
Наджаф, Ірак
Urdu:
محافظہ نجف, عراق
Vietnamese:
Tỉnh Najaf, Iraq
Western Punjabi:
صوبہ نجف, عراق


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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf_Governorate
Wikidata ID:Q192882
GeoNames ID:98862


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