Anbar Province
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Al Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار; al-’Anbār or Anbar) is the mucklest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassin hintle o the kintra's wastren territory, it shares borders wi Sirie, Jordan, an Saudi Arabie. Al Anbar is owerwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arabs.
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Anbar Province محافظة الأنبار Anbar Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 32°54′N 41°36′E | |
Kintra | Iraq |
Caipital | Ramadi |
Govrenor | Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi |
Area | |
• Total | 138,228 km2 (53,370 sq mi) |
Population (2011 Estimate) | |
• Total | 1,300,000 |
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Its caipital is Ramadi, ither important ceeties include Fallujah an Haditha.
The province wis kent as Dulaim till 1962 when it wis chyngit tae Ramadi. In 1976 it wis renamed Al Anbar.