Mosul

Mosul ( ; North Mesopotamie Arabic: ;  ; ; ), is a ceety in northren Iraq an the caipital o the Ninawa Province, some  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.

References

Freemit airtins
 ninava-explorer 
Iraq Image – Mosul Satellite Observation 
Detailed map of Mosul bi the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, frae lib.utexas.edu


Category:Populatit places in Ninawa Province
Category:Assirie
Category:Fertile Crescent
Category:Destrict caipitals o Iraq
Category:Ceeties in Iraq