Ramādī, Al-

Ramādī, Al-

Iraq
      capital of Al-Anbār muḥāfaẓah (governorate), central Iraq. It lies on the Euphrates River just northwest of Lake Al-Ḥabbānīyah. Ancient settlements existed in the vicinity, but Al-Ramādī was founded only in 1869 to encourage settlement by the nomadic Dulaym tribes, a goal that has been partially fulfilled. The town prospered after becoming the departure point of a trade route across the desert to Amman and Damascus. A military engagement occurred there in 1917, during World War I, when British forces defeated the Ottomans. A dam across the Euphrates there was completed in 1955. Pop. (2003 est.) 300,000.

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