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Karbala [a] is a city in central Iraq, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate , and has an estimated population of 691,100 people (2024).
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Imām Husayn Mosque in Karbala. Tomb of Husayn ibn ‘Alī (Third Shī‘ah Imām), ‘Ali Akbar ibn Husayn, ‘Ali Asghar ibn Husayn, Habīb ibn Madhāhir, All the martyrs of Karbalā, Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā al-Kādhim. Al ‘Abbās Mosque in Karbala. Tomb of ‘Abbās ibn `Alī. Al Kādhimiya Mosque in Kadhimayn.
Rank City or Town Governorate 1987 Census 2009 Estimate 2018 Estimate [1]; 1 Baghdad: Baghdad: 3,841,268 5,521,242 6,719,477 2 Mosul: Nineveh: 664,221 1,136,990
Karbala Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كربلاء, Muḥāfażat Karbalāʾ) is a governorate in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Karbala, a holy city for Shia Muslims for housing the shrine of the revered Imam Hussein. The population is majority Shia. [2] The governorate includes part of the artificial Lake Milh.
Karbala is known by its numerous mahalat. The Bayn al-Haramayn area was known as mahalat Bab al-Najaf. It had some of the following agids (Arabic: عگد; alleyway) and taags (Arabic: طاق; an arch covering an alleyway, known by the home it extends from): [10]
Karbala Governorate, Al-Hindiya in the east As of 2007 Karbala governorate as whole was estimated to have 887,859 people in 2007, with equal numbers of men and women. Al-Hindiya District had about 26% of the governorate's population, or about 230,000 people.