Fallujah
Fallujah[lower-alpha 1] (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.
Fallujah
ٱلْفَلُّوجَة | |
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  Fallujah Location within Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 33°21′13″N 43°46′46″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.
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/%5B%5D
- 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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