Tikrit
Tikrit (Arabic: تكريت, Tikrīt transliteratit as Takrit or Tekrit an aw) is a toun in Iraq, locatit 140 km northwast o Baghdad on the Tigris river (at 34.61°N, 43.68°E). The toun, wi an estimatit population in 2002 o aboot 260,000 is the admeenistrative centre o the Saladin Province.[1]
Tikrit تكريت | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
 Leukin north alang the Tigris towards Saddam's Presidential palace in Aprile 2003 | |
  Tikrit Tikrit's location inside Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Province | Saladin |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 260,000 |
References
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