$352,000 to construct rice storehouse in Anbar

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade on Sunday said that work has begun to set up a rice storehouse in Anbar province at a cost of $352,000.   “Engineering teams from the State Company for Seeds Trade have begun construction work on a new rice storehouse in an attempt to provide larger quantities for families included in the ration card system,” according to a ministerial statement received by IraqiNews.com. Other wheat, rice and barley storehouses will be set up in different Iraqi provinces, the statement noted. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country’s western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Anbar’s main cities are Falluja, the capital Ramadi, Haditha, Hit, Aana and Rutba. The name of the province translates “granaries,” as this region was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed al-Anbar.   SS (S)/SR 1