Nineveh Governorate

E138039

administrative division governorate

Nineveh Governorate is a large and historically significant province in northern Iraq that includes the ancient city of Nineveh and the major urban center of Mosul.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nineveh Governorate canonical	34
Nineveh Governorate Council	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ governorate ⓘ
bordersCountry	Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
bordersGovernorate	Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ Al-Jazira region ⓘ surface form: Al-Jazira region of Syria Duhok ⓘ surface form: Dohuk Governorate Erbil ⓘ surface form: Erbil Governorate Kirkuk ⓘ surface form: Kirkuk Governorate Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
capital	Mosul ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite	Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ surface form: Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad) Hatra ⓘ Nimrud ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ
containsCity	Mosul ⓘ
containsRiver	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
containsSite	ancient city of Nineveh ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ surface form: Turkmen Yazidis ⓘ
governorateSeat	Mosul ⓘ
hasGovernorateCode	IQ-NI ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Mosul ⓘ Sinjar ⓘ Tal Afar ⓘ
hasMajorTown	Ba'aj ⓘ Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh) ⓘ Hatra ⓘ
historicalRegion	Assyria ⓘ
historicalSignificance	center of ancient Assyrian civilization ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Turkmen language ⓘ surface form: Turkmen
locatedIn	northern Iraq ⓘ
majorConflict	Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) ⓘ
partOf	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Republic of Iraq
partOfRegion	Al-Jazira region ⓘ surface form: Al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) northern Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan (partly)
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Yazidism ⓘ
timezone	UTC+3 ⓘ
wasISILStronghold	true ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Anbar Governorate → bordersGovernorate → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Hatra → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Iraqi Turkmen → populationConcentration → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Mosul → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Mosul → isCapitalOf → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Greater Zab → countrySubdivision → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Salah ad Din Governorate → borderedBy → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) → location → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Great Temple of Hatra → locatedInRegion → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

temple of Shamash → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Shamash at Hatra

Kuyunjik → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) → location → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) → birthPlace → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

Dur-Sharrukin → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Nimrud → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Yazidis → nativeRegion → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Nineveh Plains → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Sinjar → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Shekhan district → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Shekhan district → partOf → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Shekhan district → governingBody → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

this entity surface form: Nineveh Governorate Council

Lalish → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Lalish temple complex → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

2014 Sinjar massacre → location → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Kalhu → region → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Alqosh dialect → spokenIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Iraqi Turkmen Front → activeIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Turkmeneli → passesThroughGovernorate → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Tal Afar → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

University of Mosul → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

University of Mosul → regionServed → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Mosul International Airport → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Mosul International Airport → servesRegion → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Al-Nuri Mosque site → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve (region between rivers) → locatedIn → Nineveh Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve