Place:Salah ad Din, Iraq

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NameSalah ad Din
Alt namesṢalāh ad-Dīn
Salah ad Din Governoratesource: Wikipedia
Salah al-Din Governoratesource: Wikipedia
Salāhuddīnsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 293
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīnsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates34.25°N 43.917°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ad-Dawr
Al-Awja
Awja
Balad
Sāmarrā'
Tikrīt
Ṭāwūq
Ṭūz Khurmātū
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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The Saladin or Salah ad Din Governorate is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with the capital being Tikrit. Before 1976 the province was part of Baghdad Governorate.

The province is named after Muslim leader Saladin, who hailed from the province. The province is also known as the home of Saddam Hussein, who was from the village of Al-Awja. Ṣalāh ad-Dīn is a governorate.

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