提克里特位于伊拉克境内的底格里斯河河畔，在首都巴格达西北方140公里。2002年估计人口约260,000，是撒拉丁省的首府。

“提克里特”这个名字源自底格里斯河。

Tikrit (Arabic:تكريت‎ Tikrīt, Syriac:ܬܓܪܝܬ‎ Tagriṯ) 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. As of 2012, it had a population of 160,000.