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Salah ad Din Governorate Arabic: صلاح الدين
—  Governorate  —
Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.45°N 43.583°E / 34.45; 43.583
Country	Iraq
Capital	Tikrit
Area
- Total	24,363 km2 (9,406.6 sq mi)
Population (2003 1)
- Total	1,042,200
Main language(s)	Arabic

Salah ad Din, Salâh-ad-Dîn, or Salahuddin (Arabic: صلاح الدين‎) is a governorate in Iraq, north of Baghdad. The governorate has an area of 24,363 square kilometers (9,406.6 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 1,042,200 people. The capital is Tikrit; the governorate also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra. Before 1976 the governorate was part of Baghdad Governorate.

The province is named after Saladin (written Salah ad-Din in modern Arabic Latin transcription), an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century.

Provincial Government

• Governor: Mutashar Hussein Elewi
• First Deputy Governor for (Technician Affairs): Ahmed Abdul Jabar Ali Al-Krayem [1]
• Second Deputy Governor for (Administrative Affairs): Dr.Amin Aziz Jawad Qader
• Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ahmed Abdullah Abed (Abu Mazin) [2]

Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003

On March 16, 2006, a combined American/Iraqi force, supported by 50 aircraft, launched an air assault into the province.

On March 20, The New York Times reported that: "Police investigators in Salahudin Province have accused American troops of executing 11 civilians, including several children, during a raid last Wednesday on a house in Ishaqi, near Balad, about 60 miles (100 km) north of Baghdad." On June 2, BBC News reported this again as video tape emerges, fews weeks after Haditha revelations. On June 19, the US military announced that three soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Private First Class Corey R. Clagett, Specialist William B. Hunsaker and Staff Sergeant Raymond L. Girouard, are being charged in the connection of these deaths. On June 21, Specialist Juston R. Graber, at that time 20, was charged with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and making a false official statement.

Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate

• Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)
• Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)
• Baiji District (Baiji)
• Balad District (Balad)
• Samarra District (Samarra)
• Tikrit District (Tikrit)
• Tooz District (Tooz)

Towns and Cities

• Tikrit
• Baiji
• Balad
• Samarra
• Dujail
• Al-Dour
• Yatherb
• Al Sherqat
• Touz
• Al Ishaqi
• Amirli
• Al Seniyah
• Al Dhuluiya
• Hawija
• Sa'ad (Iraq)
• Al Faris (Bamerni)

See also

• Tigris River
• Saladin
• Samarra
• al-Awja, birthplace of Saddam Hussein

External links

• Article and vidéo on civilians massacre on BBC News.
• "3 U.S. soldiers charged with killing of Iraqis" on CNN.
• Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit

Governorates of Iraq • (See also: Districts of Iraq) Al-Anbar • Arbil (Hewlêr)1 • Bābil • Baghdād • Al-Basrah • Dahuk (Dihok)1 • Dhī Qār • Diyālā • Karbalā' • Maysān • An-Najaf • Nīnawā • Al-Muthannā • Al-Qādisiyyah • Kirkūk • Salāh ad-Dīn • As Sulaymaniyah (Slêmanî)1 • Wāsit 1also part of Kurdistan Region