Place:Al Anbar, Iraq

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NameAl Anbar
Alt namesAl Anbarsource: Wikipedia
Al-Anbārsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Al-Anbār governoratesource: War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
Anbarsource: Wikipedia
Muāfaat Al-Anbārsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates33.75°N 41.75°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abu Ghraib
Al `Amiriyah
Al-Qā'im
Ar Rutba
Fallujah ( 300 - )
Habbaniyah
Haditha
Husaybah
Hīt
Jadīdah
Khān al-Baghdādī
Ramadi ( 1869 - )
Rāwah
ʿĀnah
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Al Anbar Governorate (; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The provincial capital is Ramadi; other important cities include Fallujah and Al-Qa'im.

The governorate was known as Ramadi up to 1976 when it was renamed Al Anbar Province, and it was known as Dulaim before 1962. A large majority of the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims and most belong to the Dulaim tribe, all of which speak Arabic.

In early 2014, the Islamic State, with the assistance of some local Sunni militias, launched a successful campaign to seize control of the province from the Iraqi government. Numerous offensive actions were undertaken by the Iraqi government, with the assistance of local Sunni tribes to remove ISIL's occupation of the province – the Anbar campaign (2015–16), the Western Anbar offensive (September 2017) and the 2017 Western Iraq campaign. The area was effectively recaptured by the end of 2017 and has been at peace since then.

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