Tikrit

Tikrit (Arabic: تكريت‎, Tikrīt transliteratit as Takrit or Tekrit an aw) is a toun in Iraq, locatit 140 km northwast o Baghdad on the Tigris river (at 34.61°N, 43.68°E). The toun, wi an estimatit population in 2002 o aboot 260,000 is the admeenistrative centre o the Saladin Province.^[1]

Tikrit تكريت
Toun
Leukin north alang the Tigris towards Saddam's Presidential palace in Aprile 2003
Tikrit Tikrit's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E / 34.61000; 43.68000
Kintra	Iraq
Province	Saladin
Population  (2002)
• Total	260,000