Taji, Iraq
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- Taji redirects here. For the town in Brazil sometimes called Taji see Fazenda Tagy
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| Coordinates: 33°30′33″N 44°14′03″E / 33.50917°N 44.23417°ECoordinates: 33°30′33″N 44°14′03″E / 33.50917°N 44.23417°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Salah ad Din Governorate |
| District | Al Faris |
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| • Total | 143,794 |
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Taji, At Taji or Tajidiyah (Arabic: التاجي) is a town approximately 20 miles north of the city of Baghdad, and is located in the Al-Faris district of the Salah ad Din Governorate.[1] [2] Taji is the location of a large U.S.-controlled military base.
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Al-Taji airfield, in the volatile Sunni Triangle, was originally an Iraqi Republican Guard base during the Saddam era. It was once a center for the manufacture of chemical weapons. Taji was also the location of the largest tank maintenance facility in Iraq.
Taji, along with its large military base, came under United States control following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
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[edit] References
- ^ United Nations Humanitarian Information Center Graphic Number 103 http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/103%20A4%20laminated%20map%20governorate%20and%20district.pdf
- ^ United Nations Humanitarian Information Center Graphic Number 286 http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/286%20A3%20Salah%20al%20Din%20governorate.pdf
