Place:Karbala, Iraq

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NameKarbala
Alt namesKarbalasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 591
Karbala provincesource: Wikipedia
Karbalā'source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Karbalā' governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kerbelasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 591
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates32.0°N 42.25°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Cunaxa
Inhabited place
Karbala ( 500 - )
Nukhayb
Shithāthah
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Karbala Governorate ( 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. The governorate includes part of the artificial Lake Milh.

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