Tikrit

Tikrit () sometimes known as Takrit or Tekrit, is a city in Iraq, located  northwest of Baghdad and  southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the capital of the Saladin Governorate. 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.

 References 

 Other websites 
How Tikrit has Changed the War - Counteroffensive in Tikrit March 2015
Iraq Image - Tikrit Satellite Observation 

Category:Cities in Iraq