Akashat
Sign in to savethumb|right|Garden village of Sikak in Akashat thumb|right|Railroad tracks in Akashat thumb|right|Phosphate operation in Akashat thumb|right|Principal railway routes in Iraq with westernmost terminus at Akashat Akashat () is a small town in the northwest of the Ar-Rutba District of the Al Anbar province of Iraq, on the road between the towns of Ar-Rutbah and Al-Qa'im. It has a population of around 5,000. It was built as an industrial village in 1985, attached to the local phosphate quarry and administered by the ministry of industry. The Phosphate Plant in the town employs roughly 50-60 perman
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thumb|right|Garden village of Sikak in Akashat thumb|right|Railroad tracks in Akashat thumb|right|Phosphate operation in Akashat thumb|right|Principal railway routes in Iraq with westernmost terminus at Akashat Akashat () is a small town in the northwest of the Ar-Rutba District of the Al Anbar province of Iraq, on the road between the towns of Ar-Rutbah and Al-Qa'im. It has a population of around 5,000. It was built as an industrial village in 1985, attached to the local phosphate quarry and administered by the ministry of industry. The Phosphate Plant in the town employs roughly 50-60 permanent workers. Production there was seriously disrupted by the UN sanctions after 1991 and the 2003 war, essentially stopped it from working. It is now operating at around 10%.
== Transport == It is the terminus of a branchline of the national railway system. It serves a phosphate mine.
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