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اننجف (An Najaf)

An Najaf is the capital of Najaf Governorate and revered by Shiite Moslems as the burial place of Ali, the cousin of Mohammed. Its population in 2010 was estimated to be just over 850 thousand.1

External References

Shrine of Ali

Footnotes

(1) world-gazetteer.com, accessed 1/30/2010