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Kufa | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
| al-Kūfah | |
  Kufa Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 32°02′N 44°24′E / 32.033°N 44.400°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Province | Najaf |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
Kufa (Arabic,الكوفة al-Kūfah) is a ceety in Iraq, aboot 170 kilometres (110 mi) sooth o Baghdad, an 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast o Najaf. It is locatit on the banks o the Euphrates River. The estimatit population in 2003 wis 110,000.
Alang wi Samarra, Karbala, Kadhimiya an Najaf, Kufa is ane o five Iraqi ceeties that are o great importance tae Shia Muslims. The ceety wis the feenal caipital o ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, an wis foondit athin the first hunder years o the 622 Hijra.
The ceety contains the Great Mosque o Kufa, ane o the earliest mosques in Islam, biggit in the 7t century.