Saladin Governorate, listed by the Statoids reference as Salah ad-Din with the ISO code SD, is a first-level governorate of Iraq. It takes its name from Saladin, the Muslim general and statesman who was born in Tikrit around 1138 and died in 1193, and Tikrit is its capital, the seat having moved there from Samarra around 2004. The governorate was split from Baghdad Province in February 1976. Statoids records a population of 904,432 at the census of 16 October 1997 and an area of 24,751 square kilometres, about 9,556 square miles. A variant spelling of the name is Salaheddin.
Facts
Area (sq km) Admission Year Sources
1. Governorates of Iraq (Statoids)
Provinces of Iraq, primary subdivisions table
Salah ad-Din IQ.SD SD IZ18 904,432 24,751 9,556 Tikrit 34
Provinces of Iraq, history
Salah ad-Din province split from
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