Fallujah
Fallujah[a] (Arabic: ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah Iraqi pronunciation: [el.fɐl.ˈluː.dʒɐ]) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar. It is 69 kilometers (43 mi) west of Baghdad.
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ٱلْفَلُّوجَة | |
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| Coordinates: 33°21′13″N 43°46′46″E / 33.35361°N 43.77944°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Al Anbar |
| District | Fallujah District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Issa Saer al-Assawi |
| Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 275,128 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT+3) |
| Postal code | 31002 |
The city was a small town in 1947. About 275,100 people lived here in 2011.[3] It is known as the "city of mosques" for the more than 200 mosques found in the city and the surrounding villages.
Fallujah Media
Fallujah's Caravanserai, ca. 1914
Fallujah as seen from the west, April 2004
The aftermath of an air strike during the Second Battle of Fallujah
A city street in Fallujah heavily damaged by the fighting, November 2004
Liberation of Fallujah by Iraqi Armed Forces, 28 June 2016
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Notes
- ↑ Sometimes also transliterated as Falluja, Fallouja, or Falowja
References
- ↑ World Gazetteer, archived from the original on 9 February 2013, retrieved 21 January 2009
- ↑ http://postimg.org/image/euj0qcxd/[dead link]
- ↑ Fallujah Once Again Beset by Violence, McClatchy Washington Bureau, 26 November 2006, archived from the original on 10 September 2009, retrieved 10 September 2009
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