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Al Anbar Province

Arabic: محافظة الأنبار
Governorate
Location of Al Anbar Province
Country Iraq
Capital Ramadi
Area
 • Total 138,501 km2 (53,476 sq mi)
Population
 • Total Unknown
Main language(s) Arabic

Al Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار; al-’Anbār or Anbar) is a Western Region of Iraq. The largest province in Iraq by area, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Al Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Its capital is Ar Ramadi.

The name of the province is from the Arabic انبار, ’Anbār, and means "granaries," as this region was the primary entrepot on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. The famous Sunni theologian Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man, who developed Hanafi, one of the Sunni Madh'habs (schools of thought) is associated with this region.

Before 1976 the province was known as Ramadi; before 1962, it was known as Dulaim.

People

All the inhabitants are Sunni Muslims from Dulaim tribe.

Geography of Al Anbar

The Euphrates River flows diagonally from the north to the southeast, passing through six of the eight districts; Al-Qa'im, Anah, Haditha, Hīt, Ramadi, Fallujah, Abu Ghraib, Ar Rutba, forms the majority of the Governorate's area, occupying the large desert area in the southwest.

Weapons in Al Anbar

There are an estimated 20 million weapons in Al Anbar, opposed to an estimated population of 2 million, according to official reports, a ratio of ten firearms for every citizen. It's traditional for Dulaim tribe members to keep a weapons at home. The arms included mortars, surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank shells, rocket-propelled grenades as well as large quantities of mines, explosives and ammunition.

Iraq War events in Al Anbar

The city of Fallujah is also in Anbar. The Iraqi resistance were widely considered to be stronger in this province than in any other in Iraq, and hostility toward Against American forces.

Cities and The Population

According to statistics of the Ministry of Commerce in 1999, there about million and half million inhabitants in seven major Cities in Al Anbar province. According to statistics in 2008 The population 2,405,000 people.

According to the former regime in 2003 just the city of Fallujah (600 thousand) and Ramadi (700 thousand) exceed million and three hundred thousand people.

According to the election for the council governorate on January 30, 2005, The largely Sunni province is one of the most violent Against the occupation in Iraq and turnout was very low. Of the total population of some 2 million only 3775 voted.

According to The UN statistics in 2003 the Population of Al Anbar is 1,230,169, Ramadi (444,582), Fallujah (425,774), Al-Qaim (116,129), Hit (105,825), Haditha (75,835), Anah (37,211), Ar Rutba (24,813).

But The governor of Al Anbar Mamoun Sami Rashid Alwani says "The UN statistics are Incorrect and just included 7 major Cities from 80 cities and towns in Al Anbar" It continues, "We know our country more than strangers And Al Anbar Population about more than 3 million citizen".

Number of the Population is unknown, and there are no precise statistics Include all of the cities and towns and villages and the people of Al Anbar, just in the city of Abu Ghraib eastern Al Anbar There between 750,000 and 1.5 million inhabitants. after the occupation The population of Al Anbar province Increase because of the sunni immigrants from Baghdad and southern Iraq, Whom are more than million people, and some areas in Al Anbar Decreased such as Fallujah and Ramadi.

The most important cities

  • Ramadi (445 thousand) —capital of Anbar
  • Fallujah (425 thousand)
  • Hit (150 thousand)
  • Al-Qaim (105 thousand)
  • Haditha (100 thousand)
  • Abu Ghraib (1.5 million)
  • Anah
  • Rawah (25 thousand)
  • Kabisa
  • Anbar
  • Al Baghdadi
  • Al-Nukhaib
  • Akashat
  • Tarbil
  • Husaibah Al Sharqiah
  • Amiriyah Fallujah (40 thousand)
  • Saqulauiah
  • Jabhah
  • Al Sharqiah
  • Al Waleed
  • Sa'dah
  • Al Saqrh
  • Al Mamorha
  • Al Enaimih
  • Al Rummaneh
  • Al Karblah
  • Baroana (20 thousand)
  • Al Khaldiya
  • Al Habanyah
  • Al Karmah
  • Al Quqa'
  • Al Haqlaniyah
  • Al Rahaliyah
  • Ar Rutba


Images for kids

  • Ramadi Aerial Picture - April 2008

    Aerial view of the Euphrates River in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar governorate.

  • Cities of Anbar (CIA 2003)

    The main cities of Al Anbar

  • Abandoned Iraqi FT-7 in front of the Al Asad ATC Tower

    Abandoned Iraqi Air Force FT-7 aircraft in front of the Al Asad Airbase ATC Tower

  • Three marines patrol along the Euphrates River during Operation Iron Fist

    US Marines patrol along the Euphrates River in Anbar Province

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