Numbers for Qibla Compass were updated in January 2010. US Naval Observatory has published more recent data on Magnetic Declination in December 2009. Moonsighting.com then recalculated Qibla directions for all the countires from Magnetic North. Remember, Qibla direction does not change; it is the change in the magnetic field, that causes the compass numbers for Qibla to change, because compass points to Magnetic North and not True North. Following is a list of countries in Alphabetical order, and under each country are the major cities in Alphabetical order. Along with each city is a number corresponding to the 40 zone compass. (If you have a Qibla Compass having numbers up to 400, use the numbers given here with a zero added, e.g., for 13 use 130). These are computed by Khalid Shaukat, consultant to ISNA (Islamic Society of North America). |
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AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA 26 ALGERIA 28, Except
ANGOLA 35 ANTIGUA 31 ARGENTINA 31 ARMENIA 19 AUSTRALIA
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AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS 33 BAHRAIN 13 BANGLADESH 9 BARBADOS 31 BELARUS 23 BELGIUM 26 BELIZE 34 BENIN 33 BHUTAN 10 BOLIVIA 31 |
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 25 BOTSWANA 37 BRAZIL 30 BRUNEI 8 BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO 32 BURUNDI 38 CAMBODIA 8 CAMEROON 34 CANADA
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CANARY ISLANDS 30 CAPE VERDE 31 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 35 CHAD
CHECHNYA 19 CHILE 31 CHINA
COLOMBIA 32 COMOROS 0 CONGO
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CONGO (continued)
COSTA RICA 33 CROATIA 26 CUBA 33 CYPRUS 23 CZECH REPUBLIC 25 DAGESTAN 19 DENMARK 25 DJIBOUTI 2 DOMINICA 31 DOMINICAN REP. 32 ECUADOR 32 EGYPT 25, except
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EL SALVADOR 34 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 33 ERITREA 39 ESTONIA 23 ETHIOPIA 0 FAEROE ISLANDS 26 FALKLAND ISLANDS 31 FIJI 10 FINLAND 23 FRANCE 27 FRENCH GUIANA 30 GABON 34 GAMBIA 31 GEORGIA 19 GERMANY 26 GHANA 32 GREECE 25 GREENLAND 27 GRENADA 31 GUATEMALA 34 GUINEA 31 GUINEA BISSAU 31 GUYANA 31 HAITI 32 |
HONDURUS 34 HUNGARY 25 ICELAND 26 INDIA
INDONESIA (EASTERN) 8 INDONESIA (WESTERN) 7 IRAN
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IRAQ
IRELAND 27 ISRAEL 23 ITALY 26 IVORY COAST 32 JAMAICA 33 JAPAN 7 JORDAN 23 KAZAKHSTAN 13
KENYA 39 KOREA NORTH 8 KOREA SOUTH 7 KUWAIT 15 KYRGYZSTAN 13 LAOS 8 LATVIA 23 LEBANON 22 LESOTHO 36 |
LIBERIA 32 LIBYA 28 LIECHTENSTEIN 26 LITHUANIA 24 LUXEMBOURG 26 MACEDONIA 25 MADAGASCAR 0 MALAWI 38 MALAYSIA 8 MALDIVES 6 MALI 31 MALTA 27 MARSHALL ISLANDS 7 MAURITANIA 31 MAURITIUS 1 MEXICO
MEXICO
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MICRONESIA 8 MOLDOVA 23 MONACO 27 MONGOLIA
MOROCCO 29 MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR (BURMA) 9 NAMIBIA 35 NAURU 8 NEPAL 10 NETHERLANDS 26 NEW ZELAND 14 NICARAGUA 34 NIGER 32 NIGERIA 33 NORWAY 25 OMAN
PAKISTAN 11 |
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PALAU 8 PALESTINE 23 PANAMA 33 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 8 PARAGUAY 30 PERU 32 PHILIPPINES 8 POLAND 24 PORTUGAL 29 PUERTO RICO 31 QATAR 12 REUNION 0 ROMANIA 24 RUSSIA
RWANDA 38 SAN MARINO 26 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 34 SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL 31 |
SENEGAL 31 SERBIA 25 SEYCHELLES 1, 2, or 3
SIERRA LEONE 32 SINGAPORE 7 SLOVAKIA 25 SLOVENIA 26 SOLOMON ISLANDS 9 SOMALIA 2 SOUTH AFRICA 36 SPAIN 29 SRI LANKA 7 ST KITTS & NEVIS 31 ST LUCIA 31 ST VINCENT 31 SUDAN
SURINAME 31 SWAZILAND 37 SWEDEN 24 SWITZERLAND 26 SYRIA 22 TAIWAN 8 TAJIKISTAN 14 TANZANIA 39 TATARSITAN 19 THAILAND 8 |
TOGO 32 TONGA 10 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 31 TUNISIA 28 TURKEY
TURKEMENISTAN 15 TUVALU 9 UGANDA 38 UKRAINE
U.A.E. 11 UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES (Continued)
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UNITED STATES (Continued)
URUGUAY 31 UZBEKISTAN 14 VATICAN 27 VENEZUELA 31 VIETNAM 8 VIRGIN ISLANDS 31 WESTERN SAHARA 30 WESTERN SAMOA 9 YEMEN
ZAIRE (Dem. Rep. Congo) 36 ZAMBIA 38 ZIMBABWE 37 |