Saladin Province
(Reguidit frae Salah ad Din Govrenorate)
Saladin Province ([صلاح الدين Salāh ad Dīn] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province in Iraq, north o Baghdad. The province haes an aurie o 24,363 square kilometres (9,407 sq mi). The estimatit population for 2003 wis 1,042,200 fowk. The caipital is Tikrit; the govrernorate an aa contains the significantly lairger ceety o Samarra. Afore 1976 the govrenorate wis pairt o the Baghdad Province.
Saladin Province صلاح الدين Salah ad Din Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
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| Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.450°N 43.583°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Caipital | Tikrit |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24363 km2 (9,407 sq mi) |
| Population (2003[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,042,200 |
The province is namit efter Saladin (written Salah ad-Din in modren Arabic Laitin transcription), a Muslim leader who defeatit the Crusaders at Hattin. Salah ad Din wis the hame province o Saddam Hussein; he wis born in Al-Awja, a toun near Tikrit.
Provincial Govrernment
eedit- Govrenor: Amhed Abdullah Abid Kalaf (Abu Mazin)
- First Deputy Govrenor for (Technician Affairs): Ahmed Abdul Jabar Ali Al-Krayem [2]
- Seicont Deputy Govrenor for (Admeenistrative Affairs): Dr. Amin Aziz Jawad Qader
- Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ammar Yousef Hamoud [3]
Destricts o Saladin Province
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Touns an Ceeties
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eedit- Tigris River
- Saladin
- Samarra
- al-Awja, birthplace o Saddam Hussein
Freemit airtins
eedit- 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
References
eedit- ↑ [1][deid airtin]
- ↑ [2][deid airtin]
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)