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  2. Karbala - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Karbala Governorate - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Governorates of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Slovenčina; ... Total area in square miles Total area in km 2 Population ... Karbala: 56: KA 1,944 5,034 1,218,732 548.6 211.8

  5. Al-Hindiya District - Wikipedia

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    The country is the easternmost of Karbala Governorate and is bordered by Babil Governorate to.". tte east. [1] It lies to the south of Baghdad and west of ancient Babylon. The Euphrates flows through the district from north to south. The principal town is Al-Hindiya, which lies on the road from Karbala to the west and Hillah to the east. [1]

  6. Kerbala District - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 October 2024, at 14:23 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Bayn al-Haramayn - Wikipedia

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    During the Baathist era, the buildings between the two shrines were demolished to make way for the area known today as Bayn al-Haramayn. [9] After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the administration of the two shrines initiated a project of further developing the area, as well as the shrines to form a large unified precinct for the holy shrines of ...

  8. Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat - Wikipedia

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    Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات [1] [2] lit. sublime thresholds), [3] [4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra; [5] [6] [7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat. [8]

  9. Karbala International Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Karbala International Stadium's construction started in January 2013 and the construction was at an overall cost of $100,000,000 funded by the government of Iraq. It is a grass surfaced football (soccer) arena with a total area of 34,000m 2. It can seat up to 30,000 spectators and has other sports-related facilities.