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Infrastructures

 A main road starts from Baghdad southward to the Province of Babylon, and
then to the province of Najaf. Another road links province of Najaf to the
Province of Karbala.
 The Province has the International Airport of Imam Ali (Poh).

Education:

The Province of Najaf has only one University, University of Kufa and (616)
primary school; 45 kindergartens (322) secondary school; (4) Teachers’ Qualifying
institutes and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Najaf has 13 public hospitals and 76 medical center.

Tourist sites:

Tomb of Imam Ali (Poh):
It is one of the most important sites for religious tourism. Its
attended by almost 40 million visitors a year.

Khan of Rahba:

It occurs on the old Hajj route within a low area, almost
30 km from the village of (Rahba). It was built from rocks
and gypsum.

Palace of N'uman Bin Al-Munthir:

Palace of N'uman Bin Al-Munthir is one of the palaces
which date back to the ancient kingdom of Heera and the
state of Manathirah which enjoyed a major role in the Arab
pre-Islamic history. Its monuments remained to cope with the
historical events, it often enriched poets' imagination who
chanted these monuments and ruins.