Mosul
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Mosul is a major historic city in northern Iraq, known as a cultural and economic center on the Tigris River.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mosul canonical | 54 |
| Mosul Vilayet | 3 |
| Mosul region | 3 |
| Old City of Mosul | 2 |
| Eastern Mosul | 1 |
| Mosul Eyalet | 1 |
| Mosul area | 1 |
| Mosul, Iraq | 1 |
| Western Mosul | 1 |
| modern city of Mosul | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| contains |
Al-Nuri Mosque site
ⓘ
Mosul International Airport ⓘ University of Mosul ⓘ historic churches ⓘ traditional markets (souks) ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 36.34 N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 43.13 E ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| economySector |
agriculture
ⓘ
industry ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ
surface form:
Turkmens
Yazidis ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
captured by ISIS in June 2014
ⓘ
center of the Zengid dynasty in the 12th century ⓘ conquered by Arab Muslims in the 7th century ⓘ declared fully recaptured by Iraqi forces in July 2017 ⓘ important city in the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ incorporated into the Kingdom of Iraq in the 1920s ⓘ liberation offensive launched in October 2016 ⓘ part of the Ottoman Empire until World War I ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Assyria
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Nineveh Governorate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural diversity
ⓘ
economic importance ⓘ historic old city ⓘ textile industry ⓘ trade center on the Tigris ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Aramaic
Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ
surface form:
Turkmen
|
| locatedIn | Nineveh Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Tigris
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| locatedOpposite |
Nineveh
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient city of Nineveh
|
| majorityBranchOfIslam | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| majorityReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| nearbyArchaeologicalSite |
Nimrud
ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ |
| partOf | Iraqi Kurdistan de facto influence region ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | over 1,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| riverCrossing | several bridges over the Tigris ⓘ |
| role |
regional cultural center
ⓘ
regional economic hub ⓘ |
| sufferedFrom | extensive destruction during the battle against ISIS ⓘ |
| timeZone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
modern city of Mosul
subject surface form:
Republic Day (Iraq)
subject surface form:
Northern Iraq
this entity surface form:
Mosul region
this entity surface form:
Mosul Vilayet
this entity surface form:
Mosul Vilayet
this entity surface form:
Mosul, Iraq
this entity surface form:
Eastern Mosul
this entity surface form:
Western Mosul
this entity surface form:
Old City of Mosul
this entity surface form:
Mosul area