Editing Fallujah (section)

{{About|the Iraqi city|the Iraqi district|Fallujah District|the depopulated Palestinian village|Al-Faluja|the American tech-death band|Fallujah (band)}}
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'''Fallujah'''{{efn|Also '''Falluja''', '''Fallouja''', or '''Falowja'''.}} ({{langx|ar|ٱلْفَلُّوجَة}} {{Transliteration|ar|al-Fallūjah}} {{IPA|ar|el.fɐl.ˈluː.dʒɐ|}}) is a city in [[Al Anbar Governorate]], [[Iraq]]. Situated on the [[Euphrates|Euphrates River]], it is located roughly {{convert|69|km|mi|sp=}} to the west of the capital city of [[Baghdad]] and {{Convert|50|km|mi}} from the neighboring city of [[Ramadi]]. The city is located in the region defined as [[Sunni Triangle]] by the [[United States]], as the majority of its residents are [[Sunni Islam in Iraq|Sunni Arabs]]. In 1947, Fallujah was a small town with a relatively small population but had grown to a population of about 250,900 people by 2018.

Following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], which triggered the [[Iraq War]], the city became a major centre of resistance during [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|insurgency]]. The [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[Iraqi Interim Government]] twice engaged in fierce urban combat with insurgents throughout the city; the [[First Battle of Fallujah|first battle of Fallujah]] failed to dislodge the insurgents, triggering the [[Second Battle of Fallujah|second battle]], in which the coalition forces successfully took control of the city. However, heavy fighting from these two battles left the city severely damaged, though it remained [[Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)|occupied by the coalition until 2011]]. In January 2014, three years after the [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|American withdrawal from Iraq]], Fallujah was captured by the [[Islamic State]] (IS) and suffered a major population decline. On 23 May 2016, the government announced the beginning of a large-scale military offensive against the IS militants occupying the city, resulting in the [[Third Battle of Fallujah]].<ref name="nytimes-falluja-iraqi-forces">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/world/middleeast/iraq-falluja-isis.html | title=Iraqi Forces Try to Retake Falluja From ISIS | work=The New York Times | date=23 May 2016 | access-date=24 May 2016 | author1=Hassan, Falih | author2=Arango, Tim | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523091107/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/world/middleeast/iraq-falluja-isis.html | archive-date=23 May 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 26 June 2016, the [[Iraqi Armed Forces]] stated that Fallujah had been fully liberated and was free from militant control.<ref name="liberated" /><ref name="Al Jazeera">{{cite news |date=4 January 2014 |title=Iraq government loses control of Fallujah: PM Maliki vows "terrorists" will be eliminated after Islamic State of Iraq and Levant takes over town in Anbar province |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/iraq-government-loses-control-fallujah-20141414625597514.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031653/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/iraq-government-loses-control-fallujah-20141414625597514.html |archive-date=17 November 2015 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Within Iraq, it is known as the "[[List of mosques in Iraq|city of mosques]]" due to the 200+ mosques that can be found throughout the city as well as in the surrounding villages.