Tikrit

Tikrit تكريت ܬܓܪܝܬ
City
Looking north along the Tigris towards Saddam Hussein's Presidential palace in April 2003
Tikrit Location of Tikrit within Iraq
Coordinates: 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E
Country	Iraq
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.

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  Tikrit c. 2000
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  Tikrit Old Town
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  Tikrit old Town
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  Modern-day view of the Syrian Monastery at Tikrit

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