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Al Anbar Governorate ((アラビア語:محافظة الأنبار); (unicode:''al-’Anbār'')) (or Anbar Province) is, geographically, the largest governorate in Iraq. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The provincial capital is Ramadi, and other important cities in the province include Fallujah and Haditha. Before 1976 the governorate was known as Ramadi; before 1962, it was known as Dulaim. In 1976 it was renamed Al Anbar Province. Nearly all the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims and mostly from the Dulaim tribe. As of 2015, the majority of Al Anbar is occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ==Etymology== The name of the governorate means "granaries" in Persian and hence Arabic, The word Anbar () is the plural of Nbr () in Arabic which means "granary". The name of the Governorate is taken over from a historic city that was originally located on its territory and whose ruins can still be seen 5 km northwest of Fallujah near the city of Saqlawiyah today. This city of Anbār (Persian: Peruz Shapur) was founded in the 3rd century by the Muntherids, and was before the Arab conquest in 634, the second largest city of Iraq. It was abandoned after the Mongol invasion in the 14th century. Dulaim is the old name of the governorate due to the Dulaim tribe inhabiting the region. It was called also called Al-Dulaim () in the Ottoman period and Sanjak Al-Dulaim in the seventeenth century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al Anbar Governorate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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