Salah ad Din Governorate

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Salah ad Din Governorate is a central Iraqi province named after Saladin, encompassing the city of Tikrit and significant historical and strategic sites along the Tigris River.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Salah al-Din Governorate 20
Salah ad Din Governorate canonical 9
Saladin Governorate 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
governorate
administrativeCenter Tikrit
arabicName Iraqi governorate of Salah ad Din
surface form: محافظة صلاح الدين
borderedBy Anbar Governorate
Baghdad Governorate
Diyala Governorate
Kirkuk
surface form: Kirkuk Governorate

Nineveh Governorate
Sulaymaniyah
surface form: Sulaymaniyah Governorate
capital Tikrit
containsBirthplaceOf Saddam Hussein
containsCity Al-Dujail
Al-Shirqat
Baiji
Balad
Samarra
Tikrit
containsDistrict Baiji District
Samarra District
surface form: Balad District

Samarra District
Tikrit
surface form: Tikrit District
containsMilitarySite former Iraqi military installations around Tikrit
country Iraq
governorateOf Iraq
surface form: Republic of Iraq
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
oil refining
trade
hasHistoricalSite Great Mosque of Samarra
Malwiya Minaret
Samarra
surface form: Samarra Archaeological City

remains of ancient Samarra
hasMajorEthnicGroup Arabs
hasMajorReligion Islam
hasSecurityImportance strategic corridor between Baghdad and Mosul
hasSettlementType province
hasStrategicSite Baiji oil refinery
historicalSignificance center of Abbasid-era Samarra
named for Ayyubid leader Saladin
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn central Iraq
locatedOn Tigris River corridor
namedAfter Saladin
partOfRegion Sunni Arab-majority areas of Iraq
roadNetworkRole key link on highway between Baghdad and Mosul
timeZone Arabia Standard Time
traversedByRiver Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
utcOffset +3

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Al Anbar Governorate bordersGovernorate Salah ad Din Governorate
Ashur region Salah ad Din Governorate
Samarra locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Tikrit locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Tikrit isCapitalOf Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Tikrit governorate Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Iraqi Turkmen populationConcentration Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Al-Awja locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
Adhaim River region Salah ad Din Governorate
central Iraq contains Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Nineveh Governorate bordersGovernorate Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) location Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salahuddin Governorate
Qalʿat Sherqat locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Salah ad Din Governorate
Sharqat locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
Sharqat administrativeDivisionOf Salah ad Din Governorate
Sharqat locatedInCountrySubdivision Salah ad Din Governorate
Great Mosque of Samarra region Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Saladin Governorate
Abu Dulaf Mosque locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Malwiya Minaret locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Malwiya Minaret governorate Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri placeOfBirth Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Hussein family region Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Baghdad Governorate borderedBy Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
University of Tikrit locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Camp Speicher locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Camp Speicher massacre 2014 locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Salah ad Din Governorate
subject surface form: Camp Speicher massacre
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Tuz Khurmatu locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Saladin Governorate
Tuz Khurmatu governorate Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Saladin Governorate
Iraqi Turkmen Front activeIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Turkmeneli passesThroughGovernorate Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Diyala Governorate borders Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
al-Bu Nasir tribe locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate
this entity surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
Al-Ouja locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate