Anonymous user
Najaf: Difference between revisions
→Population
imported>Kadeh |
imported>Kadeh |
||
| Line 244: | Line 244: | ||
==Population== | ==Population== | ||
According to the 2017 statistics, the population of the Najaf Province amounts to one and a half millions, 800,000 of whom live in the city of Najaf. Because of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a) in the city, almost all people in Najaf are Muslims and Shi'as. Some residents of Najaf are attributed to Bedouin tribes of [[Hijaz]] and some others are attributed to Iraqi clans. | According to the 2017 statistics, the population of the Najaf Province amounts to one and a half millions, 800,000 of whom live in the city of Najaf.<ref>[http://najaf.iq/blog/archives/10629 Population of Najaf 2017 (Arabic)]</ref> Because of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a) in the city, almost all people in Najaf are Muslims and Shi'as.<ref>[https://www.marefa.org/النجفموقع www.marefa.org]</ref> Some residents of Najaf are attributed to Bedouin tribes of [[Hijaz]] and some others are attributed to Iraqi clans.<ref>Āl-i Maḥbūba, ''Māḍī al-Najaf wa ḥādiruhā'', vol. 1, p. 400.</ref> | ||
According to statistics, 50,000 pilgrims visit the city on ordinary days. On religious occasions, the pilgrims amount to one and a half millions a day. Many migrants from different parts of the world move to Najaf. Since Najaf counts as a religious city, it does not have movie theaters. | According to statistics, 50,000 pilgrims visit the city on ordinary days. On religious occasions, the pilgrims amount to one and a half millions a day.<ref>Qurayshī, ''Dirāsāt muqawwimāt al-jadhb al-siyāhī'', p. 240.</ref> Many migrants from different parts of the world move to Najaf.<ref>Irānī, ''al-Shuʿarā al-ʿIrāqīyyūn'', p. 205.</ref> Since Najaf counts as a religious city, it does not have movie theaters.<ref>Jamāl al-Dīn, ''Malāmiḥ fī al-sīra'', p. 17.</ref> | ||
==Old Neighborhoods== | ==Old Neighborhoods== | ||