Salah ad Din Governorate

Salāh ad Dīn) (or Saladin Province) is a province inصالح الدين :) , north of . The governorate has an area of 24,363 square kilometres (9,407 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 1,042,200 people. The capital is ; the governorate also contains the significantly larger city of . Before 1976 the governorate was part of .

The province is named after Saladin (written Salah ad-Din in modern Arabic Latin transcription), a Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders at Hattin, who hailed from the province. Salah ad Din was the home province of ; he was born in Al-Awja, a town near Tikrit.

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Autonomy

In October 2011, the government in Salahuddin governorate declared itself a semi-autonomous region within Iraq. The government explained that the declaration was in response to the central government's "domination over the provincial council authorities". Salahuddin, which is a largely Sunni governorate, is also hoping that by declaring themselves an autonomous region within Iraq, that it will entail them to a larger portion of government funding. The council cited "article 119 of Iraq's constitution" in its call for autonomy, which states that "one or more governorates [provinces] shall have the right to organize into a region" if one third of the Provincial Council members or one tenth of the voters request to form a region".

Salah ad Din Governorate صالح الدين Saladin Province — Province —

Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′ECoordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E

Country Iraq

Capital Tikrit Area • Total 24,363 km2 (9,406.6 sq mi) Population (2003) • Total 1,042,200

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Contents

 1 Autonomy  2 Provincial Government  3 Districts of Salah al-Din Province  4 Towns and Cities  5 See also  6 External links  7 References

Provincial Government

 Governor: Amhed Abdullah Abid Kalaf (Abu Mazin)  First Deputy Governor for (Technician Affairs): Ahmed Abdul Jabar Ali Al- Krayem [4]  Second Deputy Governor for (Administrative Affairs): Dr.Amin Aziz Jawad Qader  Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ammar Yousef Hamoud

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Districts of Salah al-Din Province

 Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)  Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)  District (Baiji)  Balad District (Balad)  (Samarra)  (Tikrit)  Tooz District (Tooz) Towns and Cities

 Tikrit  Baiji  Balad  Samarra  Ad-  Al-Dour  Yethrib  Al Sherqat  Touz  Al Ishaqi  Amirli  Al Seniyah  Al Dhuluiya   Sa'ad (Iraq)  Al Faris (Bamerni)

Office of Salah ad Din province…………………….ww.sdgover.org

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