Kufa (Arabic) birni ne a Iraki, kimanin kilomita 170 (110 mi) kudu da Bagadaza, da kilomita 10 (6.2 mi) arewa maso gabashin Najaf. Tana kan gabar kogin Euphrates. An kiyasta yawan jama'a a shekara ta 2003 ya kai 110,000. A halin yanzu, Kufa da Najaf sun haɗu a cikin wani yanki na birni wanda aka fi sani da 'Najaf'.Tare da Samarra, Karbala, Kadhimiya da Najaf, Kufa na ɗaya daga cikin biranen Iraki guda biyar waɗanda ke da matukar muhimmanci ga Musulman Shi'a. Birnin shi ne babban birnin ƙarshe na Khalifa na huɗu, Rashidun Ali ibn Abi Talib, kuma an kafa shi a lokacin 639 AZ (17 Hijira) na biyu Khalifa, Rashidun ibn Al-Khattab, Sarkin Najaf.
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