Ramadi

Ramadi (Arabic الرمادي ar - Ramādī ) is a city in Iraq, on the Euphrates, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, northwest of Habbaniyya Lake ( Haur al - Habbāniyya ), with 483 209 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2004). Ramadi is the capital of the province of al - Anbar.

History

Ramadi was founded in 1869 by local rulers of the Ottoman Empire along the road between the Levant and Baghdad. The British were victorious there in an important battle against the Ottomans in 1917 and cut off Baghdad from the Mediterranean. 1955 a dam on the Euphrates River in Ramadi was completed.

Ramadi is considered a south-westerly corner of the " Sunni Triangle " and was regarded as a stronghold of resistance against the U.S. domination in Iraq.