Tikrit
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Tikrit is a city in northern Iraq best known as the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein and a focal point in recent Iraqi history.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Tikrit, Iraq | 0 | 3 |
| Tikrit District | 0 | 1 |
| Tikrit, Ottoman Empire | 0 | 1 |
| تكريت | 0 | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city → |
| administrativeDivisionOf |
Iraq
→
surface form:
Republic of Iraq
|
| arabicName |
Tikrit
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
تكريت
|
| climate | hot desert climate → |
| continent | Asia → |
| coordinateLatitude | 34.607 → |
| coordinateLongitude | 43.678 → |
| country | Iraq → |
| distanceFromBaghdad | approximately 140 km northwest of Baghdad → |
| event |
captured by US forces in 2003 during Iraq War
→
site of heavy fighting during 2014–2015 conflict with ISIS → |
| governorate |
Salah ad Din Governorate
→
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
|
| governorateCapitalSince | 1960s → |
| hasMilitaryBase | Camp Speicher → |
| hasUniversity | University of Tikrit → |
| historicalRegion | Mesopotamia → |
| historicalReligion | early Christian center in Late Antiquity → |
| historicalSignificance | important town in medieval Islamic period → |
| isCapitalOf |
Salah ad Din Governorate
→
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
|
| knownFor |
hometown of Saddam Hussein
→
role in recent Iraqi conflicts → |
| locatedIn |
Salah ad Din Governorate
→
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
northern Iraq → |
| locatedOnRiver |
Tigris
→
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| majorityEthnicGroup |
Arabs
→
surface form:
Arab
|
| majorityReligion | Sunni Islam → |
| nearbyCity |
Yangtze river dolphin (baiji)
→
surface form:
Baiji
Samarra → |
| notableMassKillingSite | Camp Speicher massacre 2014 → |
| notableResident |
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
→
Saddam Hussein → |
| populationEstimate | over 100000 → |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
agriculture
→
trade → |
| recapturedFromISIS | 2015 → |
| region | Middle East → |
| riverBank | west bank of the Tigris River → |
| strategicImportance | controls key route between Baghdad and Mosul → |
| timeZone | Arabia Standard Time → |
| transportConnection | on main highway between Baghdad and Mosul → |
| utcOffset | +3 → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
تكريت
this entity surface form:
Tikrit, Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form:
Tikrit, Iraq
this entity surface form:
Tikrit, Iraq
this entity surface form:
Tikrit, Iraq