Map of Kufa, Iraq

Kufa is a city in Najaf, Iraq, with a population of about 110,000. It lies at 32.0511°N, 44.4402°E. Kufa is about 143 km (89 mi) south of Baghdad, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Najaf, 9 km to the west.

Kufa at a glance

Where is Kufa?

• The 42nd 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 Kufa

• Najaf — 9 km west
• Ash Shāmīyah — 18 km southeast
• Imam Qasim — 36 km northeast
• Al Ḩillah — 46 km north
• Ad Dīwānīyah — 46 km east
• Al Hindīyah — 59 km north
• Karbala — 74 km northwest
• Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah — 75 km north
• ‘Afak — 76 km east
• Al Musayyib — 82 km north

Largest cities in Najaf

• Najaf — 482,576

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.