Nineveh Governorate
Nineveh Governorate
محافظة نينوى (Arabic) | |
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Top–bottom, R–L: View over Tigris river Church of Saint Thomas • Hatra Mosul Rural area • River Gate toward Tigris river, 2019 Mosul Museum • Heritage house | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Coordinates: 36°0′N 42°28′E / 36.000°N 42.467°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Capital | Mosul |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Abdul Qader al-Dakheel |
| Area | |
• Total | 37,323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) |
| Population (Estimate 2018) | |
• Total | 3,730,000 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 99.9/km2 (259/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | IQ-NI |
| HDI (2021) | 0.695 medium |
| Website | ninava |
Nineveh Governorate is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an area of 37,323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people as of 2003. Its largest city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient Nineveh. Before 1976, it was called Mosul Province and included the present-day Dohuk Governorate.
The region is home to many historical sites including the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, and the ruins of Hatra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which was part of the 2nd-century Arab Kingdom of Hatra. An ethnically, religiously and culturally diverse region, where the second largest city, Tal Afar, has an almost exclusively Turkmen population.