Salah ad Din Governorate Salāh ad Dīn) (or Saladin Province) is a province inصﻻح الدين :Arabic) Iraq, north of Baghdad. 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 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), a Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders at Hattin, who hailed from the province. Salah ad Din was the home province of Saddam Hussein; he was born in Al-Awja, a town near Tikrit. | P a g e 1 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 صﻻح 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 | P a g e 2 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 | P a g e 3 Districts of Salah al-Din Province 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 Ad-Dujail Al-Dour Yethrib Al Sherqat Touz Al Ishaqi Amirli Al Seniyah Al Dhuluiya Hawija Sa'ad (Iraq) Al Faris (Bamerni) Office of Salah ad Din province…………………….ww.sdgover.org | P a g e 4 .