Saladin Province

Saladin Province () 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.

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

 Destricts o Saladin Province 
 Al-Daur Destrict (Al-Daur)
 Al-Shirqat Destrict (Al-Shirqat)
 Baiji Destrict (Baiji)
 Balad Destrict (Balad)
 Samarra District (Samarra)
 Tikrit Destrict (Tikrit)
 Tooz Destrict (Tooz)

 Touns an Ceeties 
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 an aw 
Tigris River
Saladin
Samarra
al-Awja, birthplace o Saddam Hussein

Freemit airtins
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


Category:Provinces o Iraq
Category:Fertile Crescent