Map of Najaf, Iraq

Najaf is the administrative centre of Najaf, Iraq, with a population of about 482,576. It lies at 32.0259°N, 44.3462°E. Najaf is about 146 km (91 mi) south of Baghdad, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kufa, 9 km to the east.

Najaf at a glance

Where is Najaf?

• The 11th largest city in Iraq by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 03 min on the shortest day to 14 h 15 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Najaf

• Kufa — 9 km east
• Ash Shāmīyah — 25 km east
• Imam Qasim — 44 km northeast
• Al Ḩillah — 49 km north
• Ad Dīwānīyah — 55 km east
• Al Hindīyah — 59 km north
• Karbala — 72 km northwest
• Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah — 77 km north
• Al Musayyib — 84 km north
• ‘Afak — 85 km east

Largest cities in Najaf

• Kufa — 110,000

Largest cities in Iraq

• Baghdad — 7,216,000
• Al Başrah al Qadīmah — 2,015,483
• Mosul — 1,683,000
• Erbil — 1,612,700
• Basrah — 1,326,564
• Karbala — 1,218,732
• Kirkuk — 1,031,000
• Abū Ghurayb — 900,000
• As Sulaymānīyah — 878,146
• Nasiriyah — 558,400

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.