Fallujah

Fallujah (Arabic: الفلّوجة, Aramaic: Pumbeidtha) is a city in Iraq's Baghdad Belts.

Fallujah is called the City of Mosques where there are more than 200 mosques found in the city. It is also the location of the ancient city of Pumbedita, known for its large Jewish Talmudic academy.

The city was heavily bombed in 2004, after the US invasion, as the US troops failed to build confidence with the locals. Unrest continued, and when ISIL invaded the area, it had not been under effective control of the Iraqi government. In the 2015–2016 fightings, ISIL was forced out.

National operator Iraqi Republic Railways runs a twice daily train between Ramadi and from Baghdad via Fallujah. Journey time from Baghdad is just over one hour.

• 33.36829743.7685471 Fallujah railway station (محطة قطار الفلوجة) (North of city centre).  (updated Oct 2020)

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Map of Fallujah

• 33.34543.78651 Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque.  (updated Jan 2020)
• 33.37543.7166672 Ruins of Anbar (5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of city centre). Also known by its original ancient name, Peroz-Shapur, was an ancient and medieval town that was briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.  (updated Oct 2020)
• 33.353543.76913 Fallujah city park. The city's main park.  (updated Nov 2020)

• 33.34994343.7778541 Al Badia Restaurant (مطعم البادية), ☏ +964 780 465 7975.  (updated Nov 2018)
• Al Hana Chicken Restaurant, ☏ +964 750 840 2282.  (updated Aug 2018)
• Distinguished Restaurant.  (updated Aug 2018)