Mosul الموصل | |
|---|---|
 Tigris River an brig in Mosul | |
  Mosul | |
| Coordinates: 36°20′24″N 43°07′48″E / 36.34000°N 43.13000°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Province | Ninawa |
| Destrict | Mosul |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 1,800,000 (2,008) |
Mosul (Arabic: الموصل al-Mawṣil; North Mesopotamie Arabic: el-Mōṣul; Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nînwe; Kurdish: Mûsil/Nînewe; Turkis: Musul), is a ceety in northren Iraq an the caipital o the Ninawa Province, some 400 km (250 mi) northwast o Baghdad. The oreeginal ceety staunds on the wast bank o the Tigris River, opposite the auncient Assirie ceety o Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area haes nou grown tae encompass substantial areas on baith banks, wi five brigs linkin the twa sides. The majority o its population is Arab (wi Assiries, Turcoman an Kurdish minorities). It is Iraq's third lairgest ceety efter Baghdad an Basra.[1]
