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Nineveh Governorate

Nineveh Governorate is a governorate in northern . It has an area of 37,323 km2 and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people as of 2003. Its largest city and provincial capital is , which lies across the river from the ruins of ancient .
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  • Type: State with 3,270,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Liwā’ al Mawşil”, “Liwā’ al Mūşil”, and “Nineveh”
  • Neighbors: and

Nineveh Governorate

Latitude
36.0368° or 36° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
42.3169° or 42° 19′ 1″ east
Population
3,270,000
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8H8428P8+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2914855227
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
92877
Wiki­data ID
Q189352
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nineveh Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة نينوى”
  • Arabic: “نينوى”
  • Arabic: “نینوى”
  • Armenian: “Նինվեի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neynəvə mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nineva”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ninəva”
  • Basque: “Ninawa probintzia”
  • Basque: “Ninawa”
  • Basque: “Niniveko probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Найнава”
  • Bengali: “দাহোক গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “নিনাওয়া প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Нинава”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Ninive”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Nínive”
  • Catalan: “Governadorat de Nínive”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Nīnawá”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگاى نەینەوا”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای موسل”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای نەینەوا”
  • Central Kurdish: “نەینەوا”
  • Chinese: “Nineveh Séng”
  • Chinese: “尼尼微省”
  • Chinese: “摩蘇爾省”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܢܝܢܘܐ”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܢܝܢܘܐ”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Niniva”
  • Croatian: “Ninivski guvernerat”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Ninive”
  • Czech: “Ninive”
  • Czech: “Provincie Ninive”
  • Danish: “Ninawa”
  • Dutch: “Ninawa”
  • Dutch: “Nineve”
  • Dutch: “Nineveh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة نينوى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نينوى”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Ninivo”
  • Estonian: “Ninawa kubernerkond”
  • Estonian: “Nīnawá kubernerkond”
  • Estonian: “Ninawa”
  • Estonian: “Nīnawá”
  • Finnish: “Ninawa”
  • Finnish: “Nīnawā”
  • Finnish: “Niniven maakunta”
  • French: “Ninawa”
  • French: “Ninive”
  • French: “Province de Ninive”
  • Georgian: “ნაინავის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Ninawa”
  • German: “Gouvernement Ninive”
  • German: “IQ-NI”
  • German: “Ninawa”
  • German: “Ninive”
  • German: “Provinz Ninawa”
  • Greek: “Ντουχόκ”
  • Gujarati: “ડૂહોક ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נינוה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נִינְוֵה”
  • Hebrew: “נינוה”
  • Hindi: “डुहोक गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “नीनवा प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “नीनवे”
  • Hungarian: “Ninive kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Ninive”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ninawa”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Niniwe”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Ninive”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Ninive”
  • Japanese: “ニーナワー”
  • Japanese: “ニーナワー県”
  • Japanese: “ニナワ県”
  • Kannada: “ಡುಹೊಕ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “니나와주”
  • Kurdish: “Neynewa”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Neynewa”
  • Kurdish: “نەینەوا”
  • Latvian: “Nainavas muhafaza”
  • Latvian: “Nīnavas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Ninevijos muchafaza”
  • Macedonian: “Нинива”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Ninawa”
  • Marathi: “दुहोक गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “نینوا اوستان”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “محافظة نينوى”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nineveh Séng”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “محافظة نينوى”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ninawa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nineveh guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ninive guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Ninawa”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܢܝܢܘܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܝܢܘܐ”
  • Persian: “استان نینوا”
  • Polish: “Niniwa”
  • Portuguese: “Ninawa”
  • Portuguese: “Nínive”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Ninawa”
  • Russian: “Найнава”
  • Scots: “Ninawa Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Ninawa Province”
  • Serbian: “Нинива”
  • Sinhala: “ඩුහොක් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Ninive”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernatura Ninive”
  • Somali: “Nineveh Governorate”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نینوا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Ninive”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Nínive”
  • Spanish: “Ninawa”
  • Spanish: “Nínive”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Ninive”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Nínive”
  • Swedish: “Neynewa”
  • Swedish: “Ninawa”
  • Swedish: “Ninewa”
  • Swedish: “Nîněwâ”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Ninavo”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Нинаво”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Нӣнаво”
  • Tamil: “நீனவா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “நீனவா மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “డుహోక్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการนินิเวห์”
  • Turkish: “Nineve ili”
  • Turkish: “Ninive ili”
  • Turkish: “Ninova ili”
  • Turkish: “Ninova”
  • Ukrainian: “Найнава”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніневія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ نینوی”
  • Venetian: “goernatorà de Ninive”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ninawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ninawa (gobernador)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ninawa”
  • Western Armenian: “Նինուէ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ نینوا”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼尼微省”

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