Mosul

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Mosul

Total population

1,848,000

Coordinates36.34°, 43.13°

Demographic figures from Central Statistical Organization (Iraq). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad and situated on the banks of Tigris. The ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, are on the east side of the city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Zaven I Der Yeghiayan of Constantinople

Armenian Patriarch (1868-1947)

Ashurbanipal

Assyrian ruler

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

72nd prime minister of Iraq

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Halgurd Mulla Mohammed

Iraqi footballer

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Baha ad-Din Shoieb

Kurdish historian and scholar, biographer of Saladin (1145–1234)

Vartan Malakian

American choreographer and painter

Audishu V Khayyath

Iraqi archbishop

Nur ad-Din

Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)

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Abdul Hadi al Iraqi

Iraqi al-Qaeda member

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Addai II Giwargis

Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East (1950–2022)

Taha Yassin Ramadan

Iraqi politician (1938-2007)

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Yousef VII Ghanima

head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 to 1958

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Asenath Barzani

Kurdish female rabbi, scholar and yeshiva head in Mosul, Iraq

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Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili

Inventor, doctor and surgeon

Abu Firas al-Hamdani

Hamdanid dynasty prince and poet (932–968)

Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni

Catholic cardinal (1879–1968)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mosul

Mosul, Iraq

V. Collier · 1931

City Maps Mosul Iraq

James McFee · 2017

Mosul (Iraq) - Wink Travel Guide

Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide · 2019

The 2005 Economic and Product Market Databook for Mosul, Iraq

2005

The 2006 Economic and Product Market Databook for Mosul, Iraq

Philip M. Parker · 2006

City of Fire

Ernesto R. Haibi · 2010

Makhṭūṭāt al-Maktabah al-Markazīyah

Mosul, Iraq. al-Maktabah al-Markazīyah · 1967

Dhikrá ḥabīb

Mihrajān Abī Tammām (1971 Mosul, Iraq) · 1974

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Little skimmer

Orthetrum taeniolatum

Seen 2026-09-14

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-08-31

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-08-30

Oxyopes globifer

Oxyopes globifer

Seen 2026-08-30

Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis

Seen 2026-08-30

Arabian paper wasp

Polistes wattii

Seen 2026-08-27

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Erythromma viridulum

Seen 2026-08-26

Violet Dropwing

Trithemis annulata

Seen 2026-08-21

Slender Skimmer

Orthetrum sabina

Seen 2026-08-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).