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. The province was known as Dulaim Province until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi Province. In 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar Province....
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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. The province was known as Dulaim Province until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi Province. In 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar Province.
The name of the province originally comes from Persian. Anbār (انبار) is a Persian word meaning "arsenal", originally from the Middle Persian Ambarag. The province was named as such because it was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of the Lakhmid Kingdom.
Much of Al Anbar province consists of the Syrian Desert. 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,...
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