Ad-Dawr

Also known as Al-Dour

Ad-Dawr () is a small agricultural town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, near Tikrit. It includes a great number of people from four tribes, al-Shuwaykhat, al-Mawashet, al-Bu Haydar and al-Bu Mdallal. Al-Mawashet tribe is famous for supporting Saddam Hussein.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ad-Dawr
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Muhammad_Al-Durri_Shrine.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iraq
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Iraq
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Saladin
Settlement.population_total: 22822
Settlement.population_as_of: 2018
Settlement.timezone1: Arabia Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset1: +3

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History
Structures
Iraq War
Notables from ad-Dawr
See also
Links and references
References

==History== ===Structures=== Ad-Dawr is home to a housing complex called "Saad 14", which was built in the 1980s by Hyundai Engineering & Construction, a major South Korean construction company. The housing complex name was changed in the 1990s to "Ad-Dawr Housing Complex".

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