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Al-Awja (Arabic: العوجة) is a village 8 miles (13 km) south of Tikrit, Iraq on the western bank of the Tigris. It is mainly inhabited by Sunni Arabs. The village is known for being the hometown and place of burial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
In the 18th century, Diriyah grew from an oasis settlement, established in a fertile bend in the Wadi Hanifah - Al Awja - into the capital of the First Saudi State, a new nation whose epic history determined the course of peoples and empires far beyond the borders of the Arabian Peninsula.
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Sep 16, 2010 · Al-Awja is the village where the family of President Saddam Hussein – who ruled Iraq for more than thirty years, before being executed following the US occupation of Iraq – continues to live until this day.
Mar 16, 2015 · Footage filmed by the AP news agency shows that all that remains standing of the once-lavish mausoleum in the village of al-Awja are some pillars. Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shia militia...
Auja al-Hafir ( Arabic: عوجة الحفير, also Auja) was an ancient road junction close to water wells in the western Negev and eastern Sinai. It was the traditional grazing land of the 'Azazme tribe. The border crossing between Egypt and Ottoman / British Palestine, about 60 km (37 mi) south of Gaza, was situated there.
The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River or Jarkon River [1] ( Hebrew: נחל הירקון, Nahal HaYarkon; Arabic: نهر العوجا, Nahr al-Auja ), is a river in central Israel. The source of the Yarkon ("Greenish" in Hebrew) is at Tel Afek (Antipatris), north of Petah Tikva. It flows west through Gush Dan and Tel Aviv 's Yarkon Park into the Mediterranean Sea.
Al-Auja ( Arabic: العوجا) is a Palestinian town in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located ten kilometers north of Jericho. The town has a total area of 107,905 dunams, however its built-up area comprises only 832 dunams. It is situated 230 meters below sea level.
