al-Qa'im (Iraq)
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 22 ′ N , 41 ° 8 ′ E | ||
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 Iraq
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| Governorate | al-Anbar | ||
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| Residents | 150,000 | ||
Al-Qa'im is a place in the Iraqi governorate of al-Anbar . The city lies on the banks of the Euphrates . The al-Qa'im border crossing between the states of Syria and Iraq is in the immediate vicinity of the city .
A refugee camp set up by the United Nations near Al-Qa'im in 2014 had to be abandoned in 2014 due to the unstable situation there.
To the south of the Husaibah district there is a 317.9 meter high transmission mast for broadcasting television and FM radio programs.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ UNHCR: Syria, number of refugees reaches three million ( Memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ emporis.de, accessed May 2, 2015