Mosul District
Mosul District is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Mosul. Other settlements include Al-Qayyarah, Al-Shurah, Hamam al-Alil, Al-Mahlaah, and Hamidat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Mosque of al-Nuri and Bash Tapia Castle.
Great Mosque of al-Nuri
Ruins
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The Great Mosque of al-Nuri, also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback".
Bash Tapia Castle
Ruins
Photo: Eng Omer Akram, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bash Tapia Castle, also known as Bashtabiya Castle or Pashtabia Castle, is a ruined 12th-century castle located on the western bank of the Tigris river, forming part of the city wall of Mosul, Iraq.
Our Lady of the Hour Church
Place of worship
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The Our Lady of the Hour Church also known as the name of the Latin Church, is a Catholic church in the centre of Mosul, in northern Iraq. Built in the 1870s by the Dominican Fathers, it was especially famous for its bell donated by the Empress Eugenia de Montijo, for which it was sometimes called the Clock Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mosul.
Mosul
Photo: Abdulsalam Al Dabbagh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mosul is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's second largest city by population. Its religious makeup is one of the most diverse in the country.
Mosul District
- Type: district of Iraq
- Description: district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
- Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Mosul District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قضاء الموصل”
- Azerbaijani: “Mosul qəzası”
- Cebuano: “Mosul (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Mosul”
- Central Kurdish: “قەزای مووسڵ”
- Dutch: “Mosul district”
- French: “district de Mossoul”
- French: “District de Mossoul”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosul-distriktet”
- Persian: “شهرستان موصل”
- Scots: “Mosul Destrict”
- Swedish: “Mosul (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Mosul”
- Turkish: “Musul (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Musul”
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