Akashat

Akashat
عكاشات
Akashat is located in Iraq
Akashat
Akashat
Coordinates: 33°40′00″N 39°58′00″E / 33.66667°N 39.96667°E / 33.66667; 39.96667
Country Iraq
ProvinceAl-Anbar
DistrictAr-Rutba
Population
 • Total5,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (GMT+3)
Garden village of Sikak in Akashat
Railroad tracks in Akashat
Phosphate operation in Akashat
Principal railway routes in Iraq with westernmost terminus at Akashat

Akashat (Arabic: عكاشات) is a small town in the northwest of the Ar-Rutba District of the Al Anbar province of Iraq, on the road between the towns of Ar-Rutbah and Al-Qa'im. It has a population of around 5,000. It was built as an industrial village in 1985, attached to the local phosphate quarry and administered by the ministry of industry. The Phosphate Plant in the town employs roughly 50-60 permanent workers. Production there was seriously disrupted by the UN sanctions after 1991 and the 2003 war, essentially stopped it from working. It is now operating at around 10%.