Fallujah is a city located in the Al Anbar Governorate of Iraq. It is situated along the Euphrates River, positioned approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the neighboring city of Ramadi.
The city is located within the region defined by the United States as the Sunni Triangle, as the majority of its residents are Sunni Arabs. While Fallujah was a small town with a relatively small population in 1947, it grew to a population of approximately 250,900 people by 2018.