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Tikrit تكريت ܬܓܪܝܬ | |
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City | |
![]() Looking north along the Tigris towards Saddam Hussein's Presidential palace in April 2003 | |
Coordinates: 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Salah ad Din |
Government | |
• Mayor | Omar Tariq Ismail |
Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 160,000 |
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.
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.
- Tikrit c. 2000
- Tikrit Old Town
- Tikrit old Town
- Modern-day view of the Syrian Monastery at Tikrit
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Philip Gladstone (10 February 2014). "METAR Information for ORSH in Tikrit Al Sahra (Tikrit West), SD, Iraq". Gladstonefamily.net. Retrieved 16 June 2014.