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Tikrit

Tikrit (Arabic: تِكْرِيت, romanized: Tikrīt ), historically romanized as Tekrit, 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. In 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000. Tikrit is widely…

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Country
Iraq
District
Tikrit
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Governorate
Saladin
• Mayor
Omar Tariq Ismail
• Total
160,000

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Tikrit

Nodes113
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Triples135
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
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Tikrit

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related to Christian presence · 24
Tikrit → Abu Raita, Abu Zakariya Denha, Adi, Ahudemmeh, Central Asia, Christian Arab, Christianity, Christians, Church, East, Islamic, Miaphysite, Oriental Orthodox Christian, Quriaqos, Sasanian Empire, Some, Syriac, Syriac Orthodox Christian, Syriac Orthodox Church, Tagrit
related to Tikrit railway station · 16
Tikrit → Although, Ba'athist, Baghdad, Baghdad Railway, During, German, Imperial German, Iraq, Iraq's, Iraqi, Iraqi Republic Railways, IRR, Mosul, Northern Line, Ottoman, The
related to Byzantine to Ottoman periods · 15
Tikrit → After, Arab, Arab Christian, Iraq, It, Iyad, Jazira, Muslims, Nizari Ismailis, Nizaris, Seljuk, Shia Arabs, The, The Arabs, The Muslims
related to Notable people · 15
Tikrit → April, Ayyubid, Bakr, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi Intelligence ServiceAhmed Hassan, JerusalemSaddam Hussein, July, Majid, MukhabaratAli Hassan, President, Saddam Hussein, Saddam's, Saladin, Tikriti
related to Bronze Age to Hellenistic period · 12
Tikrit → Akkadian, As, Assur, Assyria Chronicle, Babylonian, BC, Birtha, Fall, Hellenistic, Idiqlat, Nabopolassar, Tigris
related to World War I and Ba'ath Party connections · 12
Tikrit → Al-Awja, Al-Bu Nasir, December, Hussein, Hussein's, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi Republican Guard, Many, The, The Tikriti, Tikriti
related to External links · 9
Tikrit → Changed, Counteroffensive, How Tikrit, Image, Iraq's, Tikrit March, Tikrit Satellite Observation Archived, War, Wayback MachineBBC NEWS
related to Military facilities · 6
Tikrit → Al Sahra Airfield, Camp Speicher, The Iraqi Air Force, Tikrit Air Academy, Tikrit East Air Base, Tikrit South Air Base
related to Culture and community · 4
Tikrit → Iraq, Iraq War, The Tikrit Museum, The University
related to Geography · 4
Tikrit → Baghdad, It, The, Tigris River

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city iraq iraqi 2003 000 government tigris saladin islamic hussein baghdad town christian period center arab mosul many former state

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TikritCountryIraq1.00infobox
TikritDistrictTikrit1.00infobox
TikritElevation137 m (449 ft)1.00infobox
TikritGovernorateSaladin1.00infobox
Tikrit• MayorOmar Tariq Ismail1.00infobox
Tikrit• Total160,0001.00infobox
Tikritis acapital is named after him.The city was devastated in 1393 by Timur0.90text
Mosul.Although the station buildinginstance ofBaghdad and northern Iraqi cities0.80text
railway infrastructureinstance ofBaghdad and northern Iraqi cities0.80text
former trains remain at the siteinstance ofBaghdad and northern Iraqi cities0.80text
they are no longer in active use due to the decline of Iraq's railway network following decades of conflictinstance ofBaghdad and northern Iraqi cities0.80text
damageinstance ofBaghdad and northern Iraqi cities0.80text

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