Al-Awja

E65524

village

Al-Awja is a small village near Tikrit in northern Iraq, best known as the birthplace and burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	village ⓘ
alternateTransliteration	Al-Awja self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al-Auja Al-Ouja ⓘ
associatedWith	al-Bu Nasir tribe ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Saddam Hussein ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Saddam Hussein ⓘ
category	Populated places in Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ Populated places on the Tigris River ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
governorateCapitalNearby	Tikrit ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: West Asia
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasNameInArabic	العوجة ⓘ
historicalAssociation	Saddam Hussein family stronghold ⓘ
historicalEvent	capture by U.S.-led coalition forces during the 2003 Iraq War ⓘ
locatedIn	Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ
locatedInFormerCountry	Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear	Tikrit ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
notableFor	being the birthplace of Saddam Hussein ⓘ being the burial site of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
partOf	Tikrit ⓘ surface form: Tikrit District
regionType	rural area ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni Islam (predominant)
strategicSignificance	proximity to Tikrit ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saddam Hussein → placeOfBirth → Al-Awja ⓘ

Al-Awja → alternateTransliteration → Al-Awja self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Auja

Talfah family → originatesFrom → Al-Awja ⓘ

Qusay → burialPlace → Al-Awja ⓘ

subject surface form: Qusay Hussein

this entity surface form: al-Awja