Saddam Beach

Saddam Beach
Village
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Coordinates: 11°2′19″N 75°51′6″E / 11.03861°N 75.85167°E / 11.03861; 75.85167
Country	India
State	Kerala
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Saddam Beach is a fishing village in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. The village is made up of a two kilometre (1¼ mi) coastal belt between Puthenkadapuram and Kettungal in Parappanangadi. The village is named after former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, in an act of solidarity during the 1991 Gulf War. The beach name was suggested by Indian maids working in the gulf, especially Kuwait.^{[citation needed]}