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Ramadi
Ramadi ( Ar-Ramādī; ; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The city extends along the Euphrates which bisects Al Anbar. Founded in 1879, it was one of the towns established during the later period of Ottoman Iraq. By 2018 it had about 223,500 residents, near all of whom Sunni Arabs from the Dulaim tribal confederation. It lies in the Sunni Triangle of western Iraq. It is the most commonly propose
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Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, located west of Baghdad, and serves as the capital of Al Anbar Governorate, a region bordering Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1879 during the Ottoman period, it is situated along the Euphrates River and has historically been populated primarily by Sunni Arab residents from the Dulaim tribal confederation.
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Place details
- Locality
- الرمادي
- Region
- محافظة الأنبار
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 223,500
- Timezone
Travel guide
Understand
Ramadi is the largest city in Al-Anbar The city extends along the Euphrates and is the largest city in Al-Anbar. Founded by the Ottoman Empire in 1879, by 2018 it had a population of about 200,000 people, near the entirety of whom are Sunni Arabs from the Dulaim tribal confederation.
Ramadi is on the Euphrates and on the road west into Syria and Jordan, which has earned the city significant prosperity, but also had it suffer in wars. It was heavily damaged during the US occupation in 2003–2011 and was governed by ISIL May–December in 2015.
Get in
Ramadi is on the highway from Amman, Jordan, branches of which come from Syria via Al-Qaim or Ar Rutba. As of 2022 a journey via Syria is hardly to be recommended, and the border may be closed.
After a long hiatus, passenger trains once again serve Ramadi with two daily services from Baghdad.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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13 sectionsContents
- Population and demography
- History
- World Wars I and II
- Post-war
- U.S. invasion and Iraqi insurgency
- ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham)
- Iraq's recapture of the city
- Transportation
- Geography
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Ramadi ( Ar-Ramādī; ; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The city extends along the Euphrates which bisects Al Anbar. Founded in 1879, it was one of the towns established during the later period of Ottoman Iraq. By 2018 it had about 223,500 residents, near all of whom Sunni Arabs from the Dulaim tribal confederation. It lies in the Sunni Triangle of western Iraq. It is the most commonly proposed city to be the capital of a Sunni federal region in West Iraq.
Ramadi occupies a highly strategic site on the Euphrates and the road west into Syria and Jordan. This has made it a hub for trade and traffic, from which the city gained significant prosperity. Its position has meant that it has been fought over several times, during the two World Wars and again during the Iraq War and Iraqi insurgency. It was heavily damaged during the Iraq War, when it was a major focus for the insurgency against occupying United States forces. Following the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq in 2011, the city was contested by the Iraqi government and the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and fell to ISIL in May 2015. On 28 December 2015, the Iraqi government declared, confirming media testimonies, that it had re-taken Ramadi, that government's first major military victory since its loss.
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