Al Anbar Governorate

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administrative division governorate subdivision of Iraq

Al Anbar Governorate is Iraq’s largest and predominantly Sunni Arab province in the west of the country, encompassing key cities like Fallujah and Ramadi and much of the Euphrates River valley.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
al-Anbar 2
Al Anbar Province, Iraq 1
Anbar Province, Iraq 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
governorate ⓘ
subdivision of Iraq ⓘ
bordersCountry Jordan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
bordersGovernorate Baghdad ⓘ
surface form: Baghdad Governorate

Karbala Governorate ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
surface form: Najaf Governorate

Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ
capital Al-Ramadi ⓘ
surface form: Ramadi
containsCity Al Qaim ⓘ
Fallujah ⓘ
Haditha ⓘ
Hit ⓘ
Al-Ramadi ⓘ
surface form: Ramadi

Rutba ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
ethnicMajority Arabs ⓘ
hasBorderType international land border ⓘ
hasClimate arid desert climate ⓘ
hasImportantCity Fallujah ⓘ
Al-Ramadi ⓘ
surface form: Ramadi
hasStrategicLocation Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River valley

Al-Tanf area ⓘ
surface form: Iraq–Jordan border area

Iraq–Saudi Arabia border area ⓘ
Al-Tanf area ⓘ
surface form: Iraq–Syria border area
knownFor Euphrates River valley settlements ⓘ
desert terrain ⓘ
tribal society ⓘ
languageMajority Arabic ⓘ
largestGovernorateByAreaIn Iraq ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
western Iraq ⓘ
majorityPopulation Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Arabs
partOf Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Iraq
partOfRegion central Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Arab regions of Iraq
religiousMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
riverValley Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River valley
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ
wasMajorTheaterIn Iraq War ⓘ
conflict with ISIS ⓘ
insurgency in Iraq after 2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Ramadi → capitalOf → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Al-Ramadi → governorateCapitalOf → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
as-Saffah → laterSeatOfGovernment → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
this entity surface form: al-Anbar
Al-Ramadi → locatedIn → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Fallujah → locatedIn → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Second Battle of Fallujah → locatedIn → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Al-Ramadi → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Operation Phantom Fury → location → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines → notableDeployment → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al Anbar Province, Iraq
subject surface form: 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
this entity surface form: Anbar Province, Iraq
Al-Ramadi → partOfGovernorate → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
as-Saffah → placeOfDeath → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
this entity surface form: al-Anbar
First Battle of Fallujah → theater → Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ