Yathrib (Arabic: ناحية يثرب.‎), also transliterated Yethrib is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, 45 kilometres (28 mi) directly north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is in the so-called Sunni Triangle. The city is located right on the Tigris River. With the nearby cities and towns of Dhululiyah, Balad, Ishaqi, Dojama, Tarmiyah, and Taji it forms the northern Baghdad "belt" and sits along two highways that run between Samarra and the capital city Baghdad.