Anbar Province

Anbar Province محافظة الأنبار Anbar Governorate
—  Province  —
Coordinates: 32°54′N 41°36′E / 32.9°N 41.6°E / 32.9; 41.6Coordinates: 32°54′N 41°36′E / 32.9°N 41.6°E / 32.9; 41.6
Country	Iraq
Capital	Ramadi
Governor	Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi
Area
• Total	138,228 km2 (53,370 sq mi)
Population (2011 Estimate)
• Total	1,300,000

Anbar Province (Arabic: الأنبار‎; al-’Anbār) (or Al Anbar Governorate) is the largest province in Iraq geographically. 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 Haditha.

Before 1976 the province was known as Ramadi; before 1962, it was known as Dulaim. in 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar Province.

All the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims and mostly from the Dulaim tribe.

Etymology

The name of the province is from the Arabic انبار, ’Anbār, which means "granaries," in Arabic as this region was the primary entrepot on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom.

Geography

Al Anbar

Geographically, Anbar province consider part of the Arabian Peninsula. The region's geography is a combination of steppe and true desert, characterised by a desert climate, low rainfall and a large variation in temperature between day and night. Summer temperatures rise to 42 degrees Celsius, whilst in the winter average lows reach 9 degrees Celsius. The northwesterly and southwesterly winds are sometimes to a maximum speed of 21 m / sec. Average rainfall in winter to 115mm.^{[citation needed]}

The most important agricultural crops in Al-Anbar are wheat, potatoes, autumn, barley, maize and vegetables and fodder. There are also a large number of orchards and the province has 2.5 million palm trees. Agriculture depends on perfusion or through the rivers and the wells and the rains.^{[citation needed]}

The Euphrates River flows diagonally from the north to the southeast, passing through six of the seven districts:

• Al-Qa'im district
• Anah district
• Haditha district
• Hīt district
• Ramadi district
• Fallujah district
• Ar Rutbah district

Provincial Government

• Governor: Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi
• Deputy Governor: Fuad Jatab Hamad Khalaf al-Karbuli
• Deputy Governor: Hikmat Jassim Zaidon Khalaf al-Mohemdi
• Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Dr. Jassim Mohammad Hamid Husayn al-Halbusi

Population

The main cities of Al Anbar

In the 1920s, the province had 250,000 people from a total population in Iraq of 2 million. It is believed that the total population of Anbar was between 2 to 6 million people in the 1960s but there is no precise sources because Anbar was a dangerous area at that time and the majority of the residents lived on the banks of the Euphrates River outside cities and the towns, however there were between 1.9 million and 2.9 million inhabitants in the other districts of Al Anbar.^[1]

According to UN statistics in 2003 the population of Al Anbar is 1,230,169.^[2]

There are no precise estimates of the population which include all of the cities and towns and villages in Anbar. According to a 2003 estimate by the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq, the population was 1,230,140.

Cities and towns

See also

• Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005
• Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi
• Anbar Awakening
• First Battle of Fallujah
• Operation Phantom Fury
• Battle of Ramadi
• Battle of Haditha
• Anbar Awakening

References

External links

• Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit

	Syria	Ninawa Governorate	Salah ad Din Governorate
	Mafraq Governorate		Baghdad Governorate Babil Governorate
		Al Anbar Governorate
	Northern Borders Province		Karbala Governorate Najaf Governorate

v t e Provinces of Iraq Anbar • Arbil • Babylon • Baghdad • Basra • Dhi Qar • Diyala • Dohuk • Karbala • Kirkuk • Maysan • Muthanna • Najaf • Nineveh • Qadisiyyah • Saladin • Sulaymaniyah • Wasit

v t e Cities of Al Anbar in Iraq Ar Ramadi Al Fallujah Al Khaldiya Hit Haditha Al Haqlaniyah Habbaniyah Ar Rutba Husaybah Nukhayb Anah Rawah Al Karmah Kabisa Al Amiriyah Al Waleed Akashat Tarbil Khan al Baghdadi Barwanah Al Rahaliyah Saqlawiyah Husaibah Al Sharqiah Al Karblah Al Ubaidi Al Qaim

v t e Districts of Anbar Al-Qa'im Ar Rutba Anah Fallujah Haditha Hīt Ramadi