Saladin Province

Saladin Province صلاح الدين Salah ad Din Govrenorate
Province
Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E
Kintra	Iraq
Caipital	Tikrit
Area
• Total	24363 km2 (9,407 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	1,042,200

Saladin Province ([صلاح الدين Salāh ad Dīn] ) 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