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Rawa, Iraq

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Country
  
Iraq

Time zone
  
GMT+3 (UTC+3)

Population
  
19,629 (2012)

Local time
  
Saturday 11:33 AM

Elevation
  
160 m (520 ft)

Postal code
  
31006

Province
  
Al Anbar Governorate

Rawa, Iraq

Occupation
  
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Weather
  
19°C, Wind N at 18 km/h, 41% Humidity

Rawa (Arabic: راوة) or Rawah is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river. It lies on the north bank of the river, upstream by approx. 20 kilometers from the much larger town of Anah. People from this town are known by the appellation Rawi or surname al-Rawi.

Map of Rawa, Iraq

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant or ISIL (also known as ISIS) has reportedly controlled the town since 2014.

References

Rawa, Iraq Wikipedia