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 / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E / 34.61000; 43.68000
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Salah ad Din
Government
• Mayor	Omar Tariq Ismail
Elevation [1]	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

1. ↑ Philip Gladstone (10 February 2014). "METAR Information for ORSH in Tikrit Al Sahra (Tikrit West), SD, Iraq". Gladstonefamily.net. Retrieved 16 June 2014.