Al Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار; al-’Anbār or Anbar) is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Al Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab.
Its capital is Ar Ramadi, other important cities include Fallujah and Haditha.
The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar.
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Al Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار; al-’Anbār or Anbar) is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Al Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab.
Its capital is Ar Ramadi, other important cities include Fallujah and Haditha.
The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar.
The name of the province originally comes from Persian. Anbār (انبار) is a Persian word meaning "arsenal", originally from the Middle Persian Ambarag. Through the assimilation of Persian words into the Arabic language during the Islamic Conquest of Iran, the word came to mean "granaries" in Arabic. The province was named as such because it was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of the Lakhmid Kingdom.
Anbar province spans the Syrian Desert. A combination of steppe and true desert characterized by desert climate, low rainfall and high variation...
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