Al-Awja is located between the edge of the plateau and the Tigris basin. Its name is derived from the river’s bends and twists there. Al-Awja is an agricultural land. It was mentioned in the
Ottoman calendar in 1877 that it was a rich agricultural village. According to historians Jaber al-Tikriti and Bahjat al-Tikriti said in their article "
Geographical and Historical Locations in Tikrit" published in the
Encyclopedia of the City of Tikrit in 2001, the first maps of the region were drawn up in the first decades of this century, including topographical and other maps related to the ownership of lands and orchards in al-Awja. And most of the families of this clan reside in the village to supervise and manage their agricultural land. An archaeological hill in the west of al-Awja contains pottery shards from the
Islamic Golden Age. Ibrahim Fadhil al-Nasseri believed that this hill was the site of an extinct monastery called Dar al-Gharab, which was mentioned in heritage books. ==References==