Mosul
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Mosul المموصل (Arabic) |
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Tigris, a bridge and Grand Mosque in Mosul
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| Nickname(s): Nīnwē | |
 Mosul
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| Coordinates: 36°20′N 43°08′E / 36.34°N 43.13°ECoordinates: 36°20′N 43°08′E / 36.34°N 43.13°E | |
| Country |
 Iraq
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| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| Occupation |
 Islamic State
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hussein Ali Khajem |
| Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • City | 664,221 |
| • Urban | Unknown (estimates range between 750,000 and 1,500,000 |
| UNData 1987 | |
| Demonym(s) | Moslawi |
| Time zone | AST (UTC+3) |
| Area code(s) | 60 |
Mosul (Arabic: الموصل al-Mawṣil, North Mesopotamian Arabic: el-Mōṣul; Syriac: ܡܘܨܠ, translit. Māwṣil) is a city in northern Iraq. Since October 2016 it has been the site of a military operation led by the Iraqi Government, under Haider al-Abadi, in an effort to dislodge and defeat militant forces. The city has been under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant since June 2014, and no westerner has entered the city until the latest initiative. The Battle of Mosul, a military offensive to retake the city begun in October 2016, is the largest deployment of Iraqi forces since the 2003 invasion by U.S. and coalition forces.
Located some 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad, the city stands on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank. The metropolitan area has grown to encompass substantial areas on both the "Left Bank" (east side) and the "Right Bank" (west side), as the two banks are described by the locals compared to the flow direction of Tigris.
At the start of the 21st century, Mosul and its surrounds had an ethnically and religiously diverse population; the majority of Mosul's population were Arabs, with Assyrians,Armenians, Turkmens, Kurds, Yazidis, Shabakis, Mandaeans, Kawliya, Circassians in addition to other, smaller ethnic minorities. In religious terms, mainstream Sunni Islam was the largest religion, but with a significant number of followers of the Salafi movement and Christianity (the latter followed by the Assyrians and Armenians), as well as Shia Islam, Sufism, Yazidism, Shabakism, Yarsanism and Mandaeism.
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