Water compound opened in Anbar

Anbar-Water ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A drinking water compound was opened on Monday in the northwest of Ramadi city with a productive capacity of 200 cubic meters per hour, an official source said. “The compound is the first of four compounds will be opened soon in the province,” Ali al-Fahdawi told Aswat a-Iraq. “The project was realized within 2008 budget’s projects plan to develop provinces. The total cost of the compound is 184 million dinars,” he added. “The opening ceremony was attended by the Anbar governor and a number of the provincial council’s members as well as chieftains,” he also said. 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. SH (S)/SR 1