Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate, which borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and it extends along the Euphrates, which bisects Al Anbar. Founded in 1879 as one of the towns established during the later Ottoman period in Iraq, it had about 223,500 residents by 2018, nearly all of them Sunni Arabs from the Dulaim tribal confederation, and it lies in the Sunni Triangle of western Iraq.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude33.425833 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ramadi (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 874,543 (2005)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 33.425833, longitude 43.299167
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 50 m
P571 (inception)
inception 1869
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 874543 (2005)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Ramadi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 98717
33.42056 43.30778 P PPLA IQ 01 98718 223500 53 Asia/Baghdad
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 53 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 43.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 43.25
33.25 43.25 BWh
Ramadi (Wikipedia)
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Ramadi (Arabic: ٱلرَّمَادِي Ar-Ramādī; IPA: [r.ra.maː.diː]; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Fallujah.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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