Saladin Province ( error: }: text has italic markup (help)) 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.
Saladin Province صلاح الدين Salah ad Din Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.450°N 43.583°E | |
Kintra | Iraq |
Caipital | Tikrit |
Area | |
• Total | 24363 km2 (9,407 sq mi) |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 1,042,200 |
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.
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