Mosul
Sign in to saveMosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad and situated on the banks of Tigris. The ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, are on the east side of the city.
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Mosul is the second-largest city in Iraq, located in the northern part of the country on the Tigris River and serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is historically significant because the ruins of ancient Nineveh, which was once the world's largest city during the Assyrian empire, are located on its eastern side.
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Place details
- Locality
- الموصل
- Region
- محافظة نینوى
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 1,683,000
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29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Ancient era and early Middle Ages
- 9th century to 1535
- Metalworking hub
- Ottoman period
- 1918 to 1990s
- 21st century
- Demographics
- Religion
- Infrastructure
- Economy
- Geography
- Climate
- Historical and religious buildings
- Mosques and shrines
- Churches and monasteries
- Other sites
- Painting
- Education
- Sport
- Media
- Newspapers
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
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Mosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad and situated on the banks of Tigris. The ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, are on the east side of the city.
Due to its strategic and central location, the city has traditionally served as a hub of international commerce and travel in the region. It is considered as one of the historically and culturally significant cities of the Arab world. The North Mesopotamian Arabic spoken in Mosul is known as Maslawi and is widely spoken in the region. Together with the Nineveh Plains, Mosul is a historical center of the Assyrians. The surrounding region is ethnically and religiously diverse; a large majority of the city is Arabs, with Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmens, Shabaks, and other minorities comprising the population. Sunni Islam is the largest religion but there are a sizeable number of Christians and Yazidis as well as adherents of other Muslim sects such as Twelver Shi'ism and Shabakism, and in the past, Iraqi Jews. Mosul and its surrounding region are significant in biblical history.