Al Anbar Governorate, written Al-Anbar by Statoids, is a governorate of Iraq covering about 138,501 square kilometres. Its capital is Ar-Ramadi, and the other names recorded for it are Dulaim and Ramadi, both now obsolete. It had 1,023,776 residents at the census of 16 October 1997, the figure Statoids gives, which works out to under eight residents per square kilometre. Its status has been contested: in January 2014 the Iraqi cabinet approved splitting a Fallujah province from Al-Anbar, though Statoids describes that change as disputed.
Facts
Area (sq km) Admission Year Sources
1. Governorates of Iraq (Statoids)
Primary subdivisions table, Al-Anbar
Al-Anbar IQ.AN AN IZ01 1,023,776 138,501 53,476 Ar-Ramadi 31
Change history, approximately 1970
~1970: Status of divisions changed from liwa to muhafazat.
View the SourceIraq (Wikipedia)
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Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, historically known in the west as Mesopotamia, is a country in West Asia.
Al Anbar Governorate (Wikipedia)
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Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area.
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