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Mosul is a city located in Iraq.

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  • Mosul is a city located in Iraq.
  • Mosul is a city in northern Iraq on the banks of the Tigris.
  • Mosul is a city in Iraq on the Tigris river. Mosul was included on a map of the Middle East shown to US president Woodrow Wilson by British and French premiers David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to mark their interests in the area.
  • Mosul (Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil, Maṣlawī Arabic: al-Mōṣul, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ or Ninaweh, Kurdish: Mosul/Ninawa, Turkish: Musul) is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Although for many years it was considered to be a Kurdish city, the majority of its population is now Arab and it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government. It is Iraq's second largest city after Baghdad.
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  • Tigris River and bridge in Mosul
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  • Mosul is a city located in Iraq.
  • Mosul (Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil, Maṣlawī Arabic: al-Mōṣul, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ or Ninaweh, Kurdish: Mosul/Ninawa, Turkish: Musul) is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Although for many years it was considered to be a Kurdish city, the majority of its population is now Arab and it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government. It is Iraq's second largest city after Baghdad. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named after this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. In 1987, the city's population was 664,221 people; the 2002 population estimate was 1,740,000, and by 2008 was estimated to be 1,800,000 The city's mayor is now Zuhair Mohsin Mohammed Abdulazeez . The city of Mosul is home to the University of Mosul, one of the largest educational and research centers in Iraq and the Middle East. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah and Nahum.
  • Mosul is a city in northern Iraq on the banks of the Tigris.
  • Mosul is a city in Iraq on the Tigris river. Mosul was included on a map of the Middle East shown to US president Woodrow Wilson by British and French premiers David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to mark their interests in the area.
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