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Al-Anbar Province
Al-Anbar Province
It is one of Iraqi provinces and it is located at the west of Iraq,its center is AL- Ramadi, it is consider the largest province in Iraq ,its area is about 13/ of total area of Iraq,its area is 138,500 square km, it is bounded by Salah-Aldeen and Nineveh provinces from the north, Syria from west-north, Jordon from west, Baghdad from east ,Saudi Arabia from south and Karbala & Najaf from east- south Anbar has many important cities like Fallujah Heet ,Hadetha ,Anah and Rawa its history returns to the fifth century of Hijra,it is famous of production bitumen and ships in the past .Anbar has about 53 trillion cubic feet of natural gas ,in addition to mineral wealth as gold phosphate, iron,uranium,sulfur and silver.
Tourist Sites in the Province
Heet
It is located on the western bank of Euphrates to the north of Ramadi about 190 km away from Baghdad ,it is one of the
important cities in the history it was one of Al-Manathira(an ancient kingdom existed before Islam) cities there are many palm groves and fruits and has a lot of bounties and there is a mineral water spring called (Al-Jarba).
Anah
It is located on Euphrates bank ,it has great history and has a historical castle returns to Abbasid time,it is famous of its arable soil so many people of Anah are farmers it has a wonderful weather and magic nature where you can see the mixture of green farms with blue color of Euphrates ‚many of people work as fishers Anah has small islands in the middle of the river.
Al-Thirthar Lake
It is one of the most beautiful artificial lakes in Iraq,it was formed after building Samarra Dam, which is used for irrigation and to control Tigris and Euphrates floods ,you can reach it through Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra if you come from Baghdad Its a part of Al- Anbar province about 20km to the west of Ramadi ,it has many residential complexes like Sitak and Kusaiba it is noteworthy that there is another city has the same name Al-Thirthar in Salah al -Din province the lake has large stock of fish in addition to livestock it produces approximately 2000 tons of fish yearly ,tourists can fish and swim and camp there.
Al-Habania
It is located between Fallujah and Ramadi about 84km near Al-Kalidia city its area about 701km it consist of tourist hotel, restaurants, halls for Meetings and conferences, winter and summer pools ,and modern furnished houses .
Haditha Dam
Haditha Dam or Al-Qadisia Dam one of Iraqi dams ,and occupies second grade for its area in Iraq and Middle East after Mosul dam,it is located within the administration boundaries of Anbar in Haditha city on Euphrates river ,it is about 7 km away from city center.
Al-Baghdadi
Al-Baghdadi is a famous tourist city ,it has all the nature beauty factors such as ,palm groves, mountains, river and water wheels . Al- Baghdadi was and still a rest stations between Baghdad and Al-sham,it has many good restaurants with delicious fish .
Water Wheels
Water wheels spread on the banks of Euphrates which extends for 512 km inside Anbar province it localize in Haditha,Heet , Al-Baghdadi ,Rawa ‚Anah and Al-Qaim ‚but most of these water wheels had disappeared because of receding the water of Euphrates as a result of building Al-Qadisia Dam.
Archeological Sites in the Province It has more than 419 archeological sites ,some of them return to stone age, dynasty era, Akkadian state, ancient Babylon , Assyrian with its three stages and Islamic state The most important archeological sites are (Hashimia Bani-Al-abbas ) it was built in the time of Babylonian king ,Nebuchadnezzar ,and then Abbasid Caliph Abdullah bin Mohammed built it next to the old city and made it the capital of Abbasid State before the establishment of Baghdad as a capital of Islamic state ,in spite of moving the Center of Islamic state to Baghdad ,Abbasid caliphs remained caring for the city because it contains the tomb of the founder of their state .The province contains archeological museum ,which is located in Al-Ramadi and many antiquities that represent different stages of Iraq history, in spite of that the museum assets are copy of original antiquities ,but they are enough to give a good information about Iraqi civilizations the museum still open its door to welcome visitors .