Tikrit
Tikrit
تكريت ܬܓܪܝܬ | |
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City | |
Looking north along the Tigris towards Saddam Hussein's Presidential palace in April 2003 | |
Tikrit Location of Tikrit within Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Salah ad Din |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Omar Tariq Ismail |
| Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 160,000 |
Tikrit (Arabic: تكريت) sometimes known as Takrit or Tekrit, is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the capital of the Saladin Governorate. As of 2012, it has a population of 160,000.
At least 80% majority of the people are Sunni. Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq through April 2003, was born there; he considered it his hometown. He was actually born in a village on the outskirts of Tikrit, however in a part of Tikrit municipality.
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Tikrit c. 2000
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Tikrit Old Town
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Tikrit old Town
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Modern-day view of the Syrian Monastery at Tikrit
References
- ↑ Philip Gladstone (10 February 2014). "METAR Information for ORSH in Tikrit Al Sahra (Tikrit West), SD, Iraq". Gladstonefamily.net. Retrieved 16 June 2014.