Ninawa Governorate
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Ninawa (Arabic: نینوى , Kurdish: Neynewa, Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nîněwâ) is a governorate (province) in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of 37,323 km² and an estimated population of 2,509,800 people. Its chief city and the provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of Nineveh. Tal Afar is also a major city within the region. Prior to 1976 it was called Mosul Province and also included the present day Dahuk Governorate
Its two main cities endured the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and emerged relatively unscathed. In 2005, however, Mosul and Tal Afar were the scenes of fierce battles between U.S.-led troops and the Iraqi insurgency. The insurgents had moved to Ninawa after the Battle of Fallujah in 2004.
Elections in the Province
Since no real census has been taken for decades, the election results are the only indicator of the province's ethnic distribution:2005 December
- Sunni Arab Group - 324,518 (40%)
- Kurdish Group - 156,476 (19%)
- Allawi's Multi-ethnic Group - 91,661 (11%)
- Sunni/Assyrian Group - 81,976 (10%)
- Shia Arab Group - 61,083 (7%)
- Yezidi Group - 18,618 (1%)
- Assyrian Group - 12,323 (1%)
- Kurdish Group - 77,000
- Shia Group - 23,000
- Sunni Group - 56,000
- Allawi's Multi-ethnic Group - 21,000
- Assyrian Group - 3,500
Cities
- Mosul: mainly Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds (population over 2,000,000)
- Tall Afar: mainly Kurds and Turkmen (population 161,400)
See also
| Governorates of Iraq |
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| Al-Anbar | Arbīl | Bābil | Baghdād | Al-Basrah | Dahūk | Dhī Qār | Diyālā | Al-Karbalā' | Maysān | An-Najaf | Nīnawā | Al-Muthannā | Al-Qādisiyyah | At-Tā'mīm | Salāh ad-Dīn | As-Sulaymāniyyah | Wāsit | |
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