Fallujah

Mosque in Fallujah (2008)

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

Understand

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.

Get in

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.

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

See

• 1 Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque. (updated Jan 2020)
• 2 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)
• 3 Fallujah city park. The city's main park. (updated Nov 2020)

Eat

• 1 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)