Nínive (Provincia)

"Nínive es una gobernación de Irak cuyo nombre proviene de la ciudad asiria de Nínive una de las antiguas capitales de Asiria. Tiene una superficie de 37.323 km² y una población estimada de 2.509.800 habitantes. La ciudad principal, que también es la capital de la provincia, es Mosul (en árabe al-Mawsil). Limita: al norte con la provincia de Duhok, al este con la de Arbil, al sureste con la de Saladino, al suroeste con la de Al Anbar, y al oeste con Siria (provincias de Al Hasakah y Dayr az Zawr). Ciudades: * Mosul: población 1.791.600 * Tal Afar o Telafer: población 161.400 * Alqosh Por su territorio pasa el río Tigris."

"Nineveh Governorate (Arabic: ) is a governorate in northern Iraq that contains the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. It was an integral part of Assyria from the 25th century BC to the 7th century AD, and still retains an indigenous Assyrian community to this day. It has an area of 37,323 km2 (14,410 sq mi) and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient Nineveh. Tal Afar is the second-biggest city. Before 1976, it was called Mosul Province and included the present-day Dohuk Governorate. An ethnically, religiously and culturally diverse region, it has been subject to attacks by the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, with Mosul being captured on 10 June 2014, and many places of worship and historic ruins and monuments destroyed. Neighboring Iraqi regions are Dohuk Governorate to the north, Erbil Governorate to the east, Saladin Governorate to the south-east, and Al Anbar Governorate to the south. In the west it shares a border with Syria, mostly Al-Hasakah Governorate, and also Deir ez-Zor Governorate in the south."