Saladin Governorate

Saladin Governorate صلاح الدين
Governorate
Şalāḩ ad Dīn
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Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.450°N 43.583°E / 34.450; 43.583
Country	Iraq
Capital	Tikrit
Governor	Ammar Jabr Al-Jubouri
Area
• Total	24,751 km2 (9,556 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	1,595,235
Official language(s)	Arabic
HDI (2021)	0.692[1] medium

The Saladin, Salah ad Din or Salah Al-Din Governorate (Arabic: محافظة صلاح الدين) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of 24,363 square kilometres (9,407 sq mi), with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with the capital being Tikrit. Before 1976 the governorate was part of Baghdad Governorate.

The governorate is named after the Kurdish Muslim leader Saladin or Salah ad Din, who hailed from the governorate. This Sunni-dominated governorate is also known as the home of Saddam Hussein, who hailed from the village of Al-Awja. Salah Al-Din governorate, a traditional stronghold of Saddam and his Al-Bu Nasir tribe that is located in the heart of the Sunni Triangle, has been rocked by insurgencies, sectarian violence and tribal rivalries ever since Coalition forces invaded Iraq in 2003.^[2]