Dujail
Dujail (33°51′N 44°14′E / 33.850°N 44.233°E, Arabic: الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a sma Shi'a toun in the Saladin Province. It is situatit aboot 65 kilometer (40 mi) north o Iraq's caipital, Baghdad, an haes approximately 10,000 indwallers. It is the steid o the 1982 Dujail Massacre.[1]
Dujail الدجيل | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
  Dujail Location o Dujail in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′0″N 44°14′0″E / 33.85000°N 44.23333°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Province | Saladin |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 260,000 |
References
eedit- ↑ Saddam trial to open with village massacre A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (The Guardian; June 7, 2005)