'''Dujail''' ({{coordlang-ar|33|51|N|44|14|E|}}, [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''الدجيل'''}}; alternate spelling: '''Ad Dujayl''') is a [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] district in the [[Saladin Governorate]]. It is situated about {{convert|65|km|mi|sp=us}} north of Iraq's capital, [[Baghdad]], and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants. It was the site of the 1982 [[Dujail Massacre]], in which thousands of people, including children, died.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,1500676,00.html Saddam trial to open with village massacre] A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (''[[The Guardian]]''; June 7, 2005)</ref>. The [[2008 Dujail bombing]] also took place here.
