Official Name: | Al Kifl |
Named For: | Dhul-Kifl |
Native Name: | Arabic: الكفل |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Iraq |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Babylon |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Al-Hillah |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 1137 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 22800 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | UTC+3 |
Coordinates: | 32.2242°N 44.3767°W |
Elevation M: | 35 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 50006 |
Al Kifl (Arabic: الكفل; also known as Kifl) is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of Al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel. A project to renovate the tomb and develop it as a tourist attraction has proven controversial.[2] The town was once a significant Jewish pilgrimage site and home to a community of Iraqi Jews until the late 1940s.[3]