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Saladin Governorate

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69: 297: 84: 1165: 461: 427:" in its call for autonomy, which states that "one or more governorates shall have the right to organize into a region" if one third of the Provincial Council members or one tenth of the voters request to form a region". 380:. Other sites in the governorate include the Crusader Dome (القبة الصلبية) north of Samarra and the Al-`Ashaq Palace (قصر العاشق). Today, the Saladin Governorate has a diverse population of 957: 246:. 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 1204: 423:
governorate, is also hoping that by declaring themselves an autonomous region within Iraq, it will entail them to a larger portion of government funding. The council cited "
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In October 2011, the governorate's administration declared itself a semi-autonomous region, explaining that the declaration was in response to the
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See for example the following newspaper article from July 2015, which refers to Tuz Khurmatu as part of Saldin Governorate.
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or Salah ad Din, who hailed from the governorate. This Sunni-dominated governorate is also known as the home of
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The following table shows the populations of the districts of Saladin Governorate, according to the
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Saladin Governorate contains a number of important religious and cultural sites.
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to make the Tuz Khurmatu district into a new governorate due to its
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In January 2014, there were plans announced by Prime Minister
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with its distinctive Malwiya minaret. It also contains an old
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majority. However, these plans were not implemented.
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Index

Salahuddin Governorate
Governorate
Flag of Saladin Governorate
Location of Saladin Governorate
34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.450°N 43.583°E / 34.450; 43.583
Country
Tikrit
Official language(s)
Arabic
HDI
Arabic
Iraq
governorates
Baghdad
Tikrit
Baghdad Governorate
Kurdish
Muslim
Saladin
Saddam Hussein
Al-Awja
Al-Bu Nasir tribe
Sunni Triangle
insurgencies

Great Mosque of Samarra
Samarra
Al-Askari Shrine
Shia Islam
Shia Imams

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