Ramadi

This article is about the city. For the district, see Ramadi (district).

Ramadi Arabic: الرمادي‎ Ar-Ramādī
Ramadi Mosque
Ramadi Ramadi's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°25′11″N 43°18′45″E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Al Anbar Governorate
Population (2004)
• Total	483,209

Ramadi (Arabic: الرمادي‎; BGN: Ar Ramādī) is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate. The city outstretched to a distance of more than 60 kilometers on the Euphrates, the largest city in Al-Anbar.

Population

Ramadi's population has been stated as 444,582 according to UN data from 2003. and 483,209 according to UN from 2004.
However, according to the former regime there are about 700,000 inhabitants. Although there was a large Jewish community into the twentieth century, in the 21st century all of the inhabitants of the city are Sunni Muslims from the Dulaim tribe.

History

Jewish weaver in Ramadi, Iraq, 1918.

Ramadi is located in a fertile, irrigated, alluvial plain, within Iraq's Sunni Triangle. It was founded in 1869 under the Ottoman Empire. The main purpose of the city was to give the Ottomans a focal point to communicate and control the Dulaim tribe of the region.

Further information: Battle of Ramadi (1917)

During the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, British forces under Lieutenant General Frederick Stanley Maude took Ramadi. In November 1917, British forces fought what was left of the Ottoman forces there. Sir Maude died soon after Ramadi was taken.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War during World War II, Ramadi was held by a brigade-sized unit loyal to Rashid Ali.

Main article: Ramadi under U.S. Military Occupation

Ramadi was a focal point of resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq between 2003 and 2006.

See also

• List of places in Iraq
• Dulaim Tribe

External links

• Iraq Image - Ramadi Satellite Observation