Wadi Al-Salaam Cemetery, Najaf

Wadi-al-Salaam is an Islamic cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, which is a Shia holy city. It is the world's largest cemetery. More than 8 million souls are buried at the cemetery, which spans 1,485.5 acres (601.16 ha; 6.01 km2; 2.32 sq mi). It also draws millions of pilgrims every year.

Wadi Al-Salaam Cemetery is close to the shrines of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Sunni Caliph and the first Shia Imam. As a result, many Iraqi Shi'ites ask to be buried in this cemetery. Shi'ites from all over the world are (or desire to be) buried in the cemetery as a result of improved transportation methods. Burial at the cemetery, on the other hand, "means being buried in one of the cemetery's many catacombs." According to an undertaker at the cemetery, each crypt can hold up to 50 bodies. The burial plots are controlled by Marja'.

Location: Najaf, Iraq