Al-Anbar Governorate

Al Anbar Governorate, or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with , , and .
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  • Type: State with 1,960,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Ad Dulaym”, “Al Anbar”, “Al Anbar Governorate”, “Al Anbar Govrenorate”, “Al Anbar Province”, “Anbar”, “Anbar Governorate”, “Anbar Province”, “Elenbar”, “Gobernacion de Ambar”, “Governorat Al Anbar”, “Guvernoratul Al-Anbar”, “IQ-AN”, “Liwā’ ad Dulaym”, “Parêzgeha Elenbar”, “Province d’Al Anbar”, “Province d’Al-Anbar”, “Província de Al-Anbar”, “Provincia de Ambar”, “Provinco Anbar”, “Provinz al-Anbar”, “Аль Анбар”, “Аль-Анбар”, “אל אנבר”, “אל-אנבר”, “استان الانبار”, “محافظة الأنبار/نسخة التعديل”, “محافظة الانبار”, “محافظه الأنبار”, “अल अनबर गवर्नरेट”, “আল আনবার গভর্নোরেট”, “アンバル県”, “安巴爾”, “貨棧省”, and “货栈省”
  • Historically known as: “Dulaim Province” and “Ramadi Province”

Al-Anbar Governorate

Latitude
32.7889° or 32° 47′ 20″ north
Longitude
41.6094° or 41° 36′ 34″ east
Population
1,960,000
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Open location code
8H43QJQ5+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2914855213
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
99592
Wiki­data ID
Q187334
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Al-Anbar Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አንባር”
  • Arabic: “الأنبار”
  • Arabic: “الانبار”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الأنبار”
  • Armenian: “Անբար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Anbar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ənbar mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Al-Anbar probintzia”
  • Basque: “Anbar probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Анбар”
  • Belarusian: “Мухафаза Анбар”
  • Bengali: “আল আনবার প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Анбар”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Al-Anbar”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Anbār”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ئەنبار”
  • Chinese: “安巴尔省”
  • Chinese: “安巴爾省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Anbar”
  • Czech: “Anbár”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Anbár”
  • Danish: “Al Anbar”
  • Dutch: “Al-Anbar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الانبار”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Anbar”
  • Estonian: “Al-Anbār”
  • Estonian: “Al-Anbāri kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Al-Anbar”
  • French: “Al-Anbar”
  • French: “Al-Anbâr”
  • Georgian: “ანბარის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “al-Anbar”
  • German: “Al-Anbar”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Anbar”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ανμπάρ”
  • Gujarati: “અલ અનબાર ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Anbar”
  • Hebrew: “אל-אנבאר”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אל-אנבאר”
  • Hindi: “अनबार प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Anbár kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “el-Anbár”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al Anbar”
  • Italian: “governatorato di al-Anbar”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Anbar”
  • Japanese: “アンバール”
  • Japanese: “アンバール県”
  • Javanese: “Anbar”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಅನಬರ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Анбар”
  • Kirghiz: “Анбар”
  • Korean: “안바르주”
  • Kurdish: “Enbar”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Enbarê”
  • Kurdish: “ئەنبار”
  • Latvian: “Anbāras muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Ambar gubernija”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Al Anbar”
  • Malayalam: “അൻബാർ പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Marathi: “अल अनबर गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “الانبار”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al Anbar Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Al-Anbaar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Anbar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Anbar guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Anbar”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܢܒܐܪ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܐܢܒܐܪ”
  • Oromo: “Anbar”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਬਾਰ”
  • Persian: “استان انبار”
  • Polish: “Al-Anbar”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Anbar”
  • Portuguese: “Ambar”
  • Pushto: “انبار”
  • Romanian: “Al-Anbar”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Anbar”
  • Russian: “Анбар”
  • Scots: “Anbar Province”
  • Serbian: “Анбар”
  • Sinhala: “අල් අන්බාර් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Al-Anbár”
  • Slovak: “Guvernorát Al-Anbár”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Al Anbar”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Anbar”
  • Somali: “Anbar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “انبار اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ambar”
  • Swahili: “Anbar”
  • Swedish: “al-Anbar”
  • Swedish: “Al-Anbar”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Anbor”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Анбор”
  • Tamil: “அல் அன்பார் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tamil: “அல் அன்பார் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Анбор”
  • Telugu: “అల్ అంబర్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลอันบาร”
  • Turkish: “Enbar ili”
  • Turkish: “Enbar”
  • Ukrainian: “Анбар”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ الانبار”
  • Uzbek: “Al Anbar muhofazoti”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Anbar muhofazasi”
  • Venetian: “goernatorà de al-Anbar”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Al Anbar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al-Anbar (gobernador)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al-Anbar”
  • Welsh: “Al Anbar”
  • Western Armenian: “Անպար”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ الانبار”
  • Wu Chinese: “安巴尔省”
  • Yue Chinese: “安巴省”

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