A great port-city south of the mouth of the Anduin, originally a colony of Numenor and later part of the Gondorian empire. By the Third Age, Umbar has fallen under the control of the Corsairs, a seafaring people of mixed Numenorean and Haradrim blood who use it as a base for raiding Gondor's coasts. During the War of the Ring, the Corsair fleet sails from Umbar to attack Gondor.