Saladin Governorate

Salah ad Din Governorate Arabic: صلاح الدين
Governorate
Country	Iraq
Capital	Tikrit
Area
• Total	24,363 km2 (9,407 sq mi)
Population  (2003 )
• Total	1,042,200
Main language(s)	Arabic

Salah ad Din ([صلاح الدين Salāh ad Dīn] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a governorate in Iraq, north of Baghdad. The governorate has an area of 24,363 square kilometres (9,407 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 1,042,200 people. The capital is Tikrit; the governorate also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra. Before 1976 the governorate was part of Baghdad Governorate.

The province is named after Saladin (written Salah ad-Din in modern Arabic Latin transcription), a Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders at Hattin. Salah ad Din was the home province of Saddam Hussein; he was born in Al-Awja, a town near Tikrit.

Provincial Government

• Governor: Amhed Abdullah Abid Kalaf (Abu Mazin)
• First Deputy Governor for (Technician Affairs): Ahmed Abdul Jabar Ali Al-Krayem
• Second Deputy Governor for (Administrative Affairs): Dr.Amin Aziz Jawad Qader
• Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ammar Yousef Hamoud

Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate

• Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)
• Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)
• Baiji District (Baiji)
• Balad District (Balad)
• Samarra District (Samarra)
• Tikrit District (Tikrit)
• Tooz District (Tooz)

Towns and Cities

• Tikrit
• Baiji
• Balad
• Samarra
• Ad-Dujail
• Al-Dour
• Yethrib
• Al Sherqat
• Touz
• Al Ishaqi
• Amirli
• Al Seniyah
• Al Dhuluiya
• Hawija
• Sa'ad (Iraq)
• Al Faris (Bamerni)

See also

• Tigris River
• Saladin
• Samarra
• al-Awja, birthplace of Saddam Hussein

External links

• Article and vidéo on civilians massacre on BBC News.
• "3 U.S. soldiers charged with killing of Iraqis" on CNN.
• Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit