Nineveh Governorate
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Nineveh or Ninawa Governorate (Arabic: محافظة نينوى, romanized: muḥāfaẓat Naynawā;[3] Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Ninwe,[4][5] Sorani Kurdish: پارێزگای نەینەوا, romanized: Parêzgeha Neynewa[6][7]) is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an area of 37,323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people as of 2003. Its largest city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient Nineveh. Before 1976, it was called Mosul Province and included the present-day Dohuk Governorate.[8] The second largest city is Tal Afar, which has an almost exclusively Turkmen population.[9]
Nineveh Governorate
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Top-bottom, R–L: View over Tigris river Church of Saint Thomas • Hatra Mosul Rural area • The river's gate Mosul Museum • Heritage house | |
Coordinates: 36°0′N 42°28′E | |
Country | Iraq |
Capital | Mosul |
Government | |
• Governor | Najim Al-Juburee |
Area | |
• Total | 37,323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) |
Population (Estimate 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 3,730,000[1] |
ISO 3166 code | IQ-NI |
HDI (2021) | 0.695[2] medium |
An ethnically, religiously and culturally diverse region, it was partly conquered by ISIS in 2014.[10] Iraqi government forces retook the city of Mosul in 2017.[11][12]