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Salih Matar in the region of Şalāḩ ad Dīn is a town in Iraq - some 113 mi or ( 182 km ) North-West of Baghdad , the country's capital city .
Current time in Salih Matar is now 10:44 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tikrit, Qaryat Samrah, Qaryat al Lakalak, Kirkuk, and Karbala. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tikrit . Where to go and what to see in Salih Matar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Baiji, Iraq
Baiji is a city of about 200,000 inhabitants in northern Iraq some 130 miles north of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. It is a major industrial centre best known for its oil refinery, the biggest in Iraq and has a large power plant. It also has important weapons and chemical plants.
Located at 34.93 43.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
COB Speicher
COB Speicher formerly FOB Speicher (Al Sahra Airfield under Saddam Hussein) was a US Army Contingency Operating Base (COB) captured from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It was reassigned from a Forward Operating Base to a COB because of its large size. The Installation is located near Tikrit in northern Iraq, approximately 170 kilometers north of Baghdad and 11 kilometers west of the Tigris River.
Located at 34.68 43.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
K-2 Air Base
K-2 Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Salah al-Din Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Located at 34.92 43.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Hamrin Mountains
The Hamrin Mountains are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the greater Zagros mountains; the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Province bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river; crossing northern Salah ad Din Province and southern Kirkuk Province. In antiquity, the mountains were part of the frontier region between Babylonia to the south and Assyria to the north.
Located at 35.03 43.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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