{"ranges":[{"title":"Zagros Mountains","canonical":"zagros-mountains","link":"/range/zagros-mountains.html"}],"parks":[],"districts":[{"country":{"code":"iq","name":"Iraq"},"regions":[{"level":2,"id":"iraq","name":"Iraq","link":"/adm/iraq.html"},{"level":4,"id":"saladin","name":"Saladin","link":"/adm/saladin.html"}]}],"countries":[{"code":"IQ","name":"Iraq","link":"/adm/iraq.html"}],"routes":[],"gettingHere":[],"tags":{"alt_name":"Tekrit, Tikret, Tekret, تكريت, Tekrit, Tikret, Tikrit, تكريت","alt_name_arc":"ܬܟܪܝܬ;ܬܐܓܪܝܬ","alt_name_syc":"ܬܟܪܝܬ;ܬܐܓܪܝܬ","alt_name_tr":"Tekrît","capital":"4","name":"تكريت","name_ar":"تكريت","name_arc":"ܬܓܪܝܬ","name_az":"Tikrit","name_azb":"تکریت","name_bg":"Тикрит","name_bn":"তিকরিত","name_ckb":"تکریت","name_cs":"Tikrít","name_de":"Tikrit","name_el":"Τικρίτ","name_en":"Tikrit","name_es":"Tikrit","name_et":"Tikrīt","name_eu":"Tikrit","name_fa":"تکریت","name_fr":"Tikrit","name_he":"תיכרית","name_hi":"टिकरित","name_hr":"Tikrit","name_hu":"Tikrit","name_hy":"Տիկրիտ","name_id":"Tikrit","name_ja":"ティクリート","name_kn":"ತಿಕ್ರೀತ್","name_ko":"티크리트","name_ku":"Tikrît","name_ml":"തിക്രീത്ത്","name_mzn":"تکریت","name_pnb":"تكريت","name_ru":"Тикрит","name_sl":"Tikrit","name_sr":"Тикрит","name_syc":"ܬܓܪܝܬ","name_tr":"Tikrît","name_uk":"Тікрит","name_ur":"تکریت","name_zh":"提克里特","place":"city","population":"260000","wikidata":"Q165444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikrit","description":"Tikrit (Arabic: تِكْرِيت Tikrīt [ˈtɪkriːt]) is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. As of 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000.\nOriginally a fort during the Assyrian empire, Tikrit became the birthplace of Muslim military leader Saladin. Tikrit wasn't Saddam Hussein's birthplace, as wrongly known. Saddam Hussein's birthplace was in a modest village (13 km) south of Tikrit, which is called \"ِAl-Awja\", the Myth that Saddam was born in Tikrit may have originated from the fact that Saddam bore the surname al-Tikriti.  The inhabitants of this village were farmers. Just a few significant people from Salah ad Din Governerate, of whom some were born in Tikrit, were appointed to government roles during the time of Ba'athist Iraq until the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. After the invasion, the city has been the site of conflict, culminating in the Second Battle of Tikrit from March through April 2015, which resulted in the displacement of 28,000 civilians. The Iraqi government regained control of the city from the Islamic State on March 31, 2015 and has been  at peace since then."},"skitours":[],"id":2480255384,"canonicalUrl":"tikrit","category":"place","type":7,"description":"Tikrit (Arabic: تِكْرِيت Tikrīt [ˈtɪkriːt]) is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. As of 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000.\nOriginally a fort during the Assyrian empire, Tikrit became the birthplace of Muslim military leader Saladin. Tikrit wasn't Saddam Hussein's birthplace, as wrongly known. Saddam Hussein's birthplace was in a modest village (13 km) south of Tikrit, which is called \"ِAl-Awja\", the Myth that Saddam was born in Tikrit may have originated from the fact that Saddam bore the surname al-Tikriti.  The inhabitants of this village were farmers. Just a few significant people from Salah ad Din Governerate, of whom some were born in Tikrit, were appointed to government roles during the time of Ba'athist Iraq until the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. After the invasion, the city has been the site of conflict, culminating in the Second Battle of Tikrit from March through April 2015, which resulted in the displacement of 28,000 civilians. The Iraqi government regained control of the city from the Islamic State on March 31, 2015 and has been  at peace since then.","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikrit","images":[{"url":"https://wikimedia-commons.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/SD/Gates_of_Tikrit_Saddam_Hussein's_hometown.jpg","id":"Gates_of_Tikrit_Saddam_Hussein's_hometown","options":["SD"],"location":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[43,34]},"author":{"url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGates_of_Tikrit_Saddam_Hussein's_hometown.jpg","nickname":"Jeffrey Allan Backowski II","license":"BY-SA 4.0"}}],"name":"Tikrit","distance":null,"prominence":null,"categories":null,"alt":114,"lat":34.615807,"lng":43.678606,"formattedCoordinates":"34°36′57″N 43°40′43″E"}