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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 ... - Mosul, Iraq
Mosul, Iraq. Iraq's 2nd largest city, a center for the tourist resorts of northern Iraq, and the north's major center for trade, industry and communications, situated on the west ... - Mosul
Mosul. The city of Mosul is predominantly Kurdish but has a substantial non-Kurdish minority. This minority consists of Iraqis sympathetic to the Saddam Hussein regime.
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Mosul or Al Mawşil, city in northern Iraq, capital of Nīnawá Governorate, on the Tigris River. The city is linked by rail with other major cities in the country and, by way of a series of highways, to Turkey. Mosul has long been an important trade and market center for the surrounding agricultural region. In the city are the University of Mosul (1967) and a technical institute. Across the Tigris River are ruins of Nineveh, capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria. Population (2006 estimate) 2,554,000.
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