Tikrit

Tikrit is a town in the Al Jazira region of . It is best known for being the birthplace of Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein and the Ayyubid Sultan, Saladin.
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Latitude
34.6158° or 34° 36′ 57″ north
Longitude
43.6786° or 43° 40′ 43″ east
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IQ TKT
Open location code
8H65JM8H+8C
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tikrit” goes by many names.
TikritAfrikaans
تكريتArabic
مدينة تكريتArabic
ԹիքրիթArmenian
ՏիկրիտArmenian
TikritAsturian
TikritAzerbaijani
TikritBasque
ТыкрытBelarusian
তিকরিতBengali
ТикритBulgarian
TakritCatalan
TikritCatalan
TikrītCebuano
تکریتCentral Kurdish
ТикритChechen
提克里特Chinese
TikritCroatian
TikrítCzech
TikritDanish
Al-TikritDutch
TikritDutch
تكريتEgyptian Arabic
TikritEsperanto
TikritoEsperanto
TikrītEstonian
TikrītFinnish
TikritGalician
თიქრითიGeorgian
ΤικρίτGreek
તિક્રીતGujarati
תיכריתHebrew
תכריתHebrew
टिकरितHindi
TikritHungarian
TikritIcelandic
TikritIdo
TikritIndonesian
TikritIrish
TikrītItalian
チクリートJapanese
ティクリートJapanese
TikritJavanese
ಟಿಕ್ರಿಟ್Kannada
ತಿಕ್ರೀತ್Kannada
TïkrïtKazakh
ТикритKazakh
تىيكرىيتKazakh
티크리트Korean
TikrîtKurdish
TagritumLatin
TikrītaLatvian
TikritasLithuanian
TikritMalay
TikritMalayalam
തിക്രീത്Malayalam
തിൿരീത്തു്Malayalam
തെഗ്രീത്ത്Malayalam
तिक्रीतMarathi
تکریتMazanderani
თიქრითიMingrelian
TikritNorwegian
TikritNorwegian Bokmål
TikritNorwegian Nynorsk
TikritOccitan (post 1500)
ܬܐܓܪܝܬOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܬܓܪܝܬOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܬܟܪܝܬOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ਤਿਕਰੀਤPanjabi
تکریتPersian
TikritPolish
تکریتPushto
TikritRomanian
ТикритRussian
TikritScots
تكريتScots
TikritSerbian
ТикритSerbian
TikritSicilian
TikritSilesian
ටික්රිට්Sinhala
TikritSlovenian
TikriitSomali
تکریتSouth Azerbaijani
TagritSwedish
TakritSwedish
TekritSwedish
TikritSwedish
TikritTalysh
டிக்ரிட்Tamil
ТикритTatar
టిక్ రీత్Telugu
ติกรีตThai
TıkritTurkish
ТікритUkrainian
ТікрітUkrainian
تکریتUrdu
TikritVenetian
TikritVietnamese
TikritWaray (Philippines)
TikritWelsh
TikritWestern Frisian
تكريتWestern Panjabi
提克里特Wu Chinese
提格烈Yue Chinese

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