Ninawa Province
(Reguidit frae Ninawa Govrenorate)
Ninawa ([نینوى Nīnawā] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Kurdish: Neynewa, Syriac-Aramaic: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nīnwē) is a province in northren Iraq, an the Arabic name for the biblical ceety of Nineveh in Assirie. It haes an aurie o 37,323 square kilometres (14,410 sq mi) an an estimatit population o 2,453,000 fowk in 2003. Its chief ceety an provincial caipital is Mosul, which lies athort the Tigris river frae the ruins o auncient Nineveh. Tal Afar is an aw a major ceety athin the region. Prior tae 1976, it wis cried Mosul Province an includit the present-day Dohuk Province an aw.
Nineveh Province Ninawa Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
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| Coordinates: 36°0′N 42°28′E / 36.000°N 42.467°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Caipital | Mosul |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 2,811,091[1] |
References
eedit- ↑ Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit (İAU): Iraq Information Portal :Ninewa Governorate Profile