Tikrit
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.
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تكريت ܬܓܪܝܬ | |
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City | |
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| 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.
Tikrit c. 2000
Tikrit Old Town
Tikrit old Town
Modern-day view of the Syrian Monastery at Tikrit
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Tikrit Media
Ruins of the "Green Church"
View of Tikrit, ca. 1914
The Tigris River flows in front of a residence north of Tikrit
Tikrit Air Academy (formerly COB Speicher), site of the Camp Speicher massacre by ISIL, was recaptured and used as an offensive launching platform for the second battle of Tikrit where Gen. Qasem Soleimani coordinated the Badr brigade & Kata’ib Imam Ali efforts.
Map of Tikrit, Iraq. [1].
References
- ↑ 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
- 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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