. "136.855"^^ . "260000"^^ . . "Tikrit"@en . . "137.0"^^ . . . "Tikrit (Arabic: \u062A\u0643\u0631\u064A\u062A\u200E Tikr\u012Bt, Classical Syriac: \u072C\u0713\u072A\u071D\u072C Tagri\u1E6F) sometimes transliterated as Takrit or Tekrit, is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate."@en .