Salah Al-Deen Governorate

Iraq / Salahh-ad-Din / Tikrit /
 first-level administrative division, draw only border, governorate (administrative division)
Arabic: صلاح الدين
Seat: Tikrit
Area: 24,363 km²
Population: 1,425,312 (till 2015)
ISO 3166-code: IQ-SD

Salah Al-Deen Governorate is one of the nineteen governorates of Iraq. The governorate is divided into 8 districts and between 17 and 21 subdistricts. 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 Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayubi, a Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders at Hattin, and who hailed from the province.

Name variants: Saladin, Salahadin, Salahaddin, Salahuddin, Salah ad-Din

References:
1. www.cosit.gov.iq/AAS/AAS2012/section_1/5.htm
2. data.humdata.org/dataset/iraq-admin-level-1-boundaries
3. documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/889801468189231974/p...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_ad_Din_Governorate
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Coordinates:   34°40'9"N   43°36'56"E