Tikrit
city in Saladin, Iraq
Tikrit 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. As of 2012, it has a population of 160,000.
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 |
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 -
Tikrit Old Town -
Tikrit old Town -
Modern-day view of the Syrian Monastery at Tikrit
References
change- ↑ Philip Gladstone (10 February 2014). "METAR Information for ORSH in Tikrit Al Sahra (Tikrit West), SD, Iraq". Gladstonefamily.net. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Other websites
change- How Tikrit has Changed the War - Counteroffensive in Tikrit March 2015
- Iraq Image - Tikrit Satellite Observation Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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