Mosul

Mosul is a city in '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.
  • City with about 1,790,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code OSM
  • Description: city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
  • Also known as
    “Al Mawşil”
    “Al Mosul”
    “Al Mūşil”
    “Mousl”
    “Moussoul”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Mosque of al-Nuri and Mosul Railway Station.
, also known as Bashtabiya Castle…
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Latitude
36.3416° or 36° 20′ 30″ north
Longitude
43.1291° or 43° 7′ 45″ east
UN/LOCODE
IQ OSM
Open location code
8H8584RH+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Mosul” goes by many names.
MosoelAfrikaans
الموصلArabic
مدينة الموصلArabic
موصلArabic
ՄոսուլArmenian
MosulAsturian
MosulAzerbaijani
Mosul şəhəriAzerbaijani
МосулBashkir
MosulBasque
МасулBelarusian
মসুলBengali
मोसुलBhojpuri
MosulBosnian
MosoulBreton
МосулBulgarian
Al-MawsilCatalan
MawsilCatalan
MossulCatalan
MosulCebuano
شه‌به‌كCentral Kurdish
موسڵCentral Kurdish
مووسڵCentral Kurdish
МовсилChechen
МосулChechen
摩穌爾Chinese
摩苏尔Chinese
摩苏尔/摩穌爾Chinese
摩苏尔省Chinese
摩蘇爾Chinese
ܡܘܨܠClassical Syriac
MosulCroatian
MosulCzech
MosulDanish
MusılDimli (individual language)
MosoelDutch
MossoelDutch
MossoulDutch
MossulDutch
МосулEastern Mari
الموصلEgyptian Arabic
MosuloEsperanto
MosulEstonian
Al-MawṣilFinnish
MosulFinnish
MosulGalician
მოსულიGeorgian
ΜοσούληGreek
મોસુલGujarati
מוסולHebrew
מוצולHebrew
מוצלHebrew
मोसुलHindi
MoszulHungarian
MósúlIcelandic
MosulIdo
MosulIndonesian
MosulInterlingua
MosulInterlingue
MosulIrish
MossoulItalian
MossulItalian
MosulItalian
モースルJapanese
モスルJapanese
MosulJavanese
MosulKalaallisut
ಮೋಸುಲ್Kannada
МосулKazakh
МосeлKirghiz
МосулKirghiz
모술Korean
MisilKurdish
MosilKurdish
MusiłKurdish
موسڵKurdish
MausiliumLatin
MosulaLatvian
MosoelLimburgan
MosulasLithuanian
NinevėLithuanian
MossoulLombard
MossulLombard
الموصلLombard
МосулMacedonian
MosulMalay
മൊസൂൾMalayalam
MosulMaori
मोसुलMarathi
موصلMazanderani
MosulMin Nan Chinese
მოსულიMingrelian
МосулMongolian
Мосул хотMongolian
MosulNauru
मोसुलNepali
MosulNorwegian
MosulNorwegian Bokmål
MosulNorwegian Nynorsk
MossolOccitan (post 1500)
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܡܘܨܠOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܡܘܨܠOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܡܘܨܠܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܢܝܢܒ݂ܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ࡌࡀࡅࡑࡉࡋOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
MosulOld English (ca. 450-1100)
МосулOssetian
ਮੋਸਲPanjabi
موصلPersian
Al-MausilPolish
MosulPolish
MosulRomanian
МосулRussian
MosulScots
الموصلScots
MosulSerbian
МосулSerbian
الموصلSerbian
MosulSerbo-Croatian
MossulSicilian
MosulSilesian
موصل شهرSindhi
මොසුල්Sinhala
MosulSlovak
MosulSlovenian
MowsilSomali
موصولSouth Azerbaijani
MosulSwahili
Al-MawsilSwedish
MawsilSwedish
MossulSwedish
MosulSwedish
МавсилTajik
МосулTajik
மோசுல்Tamil
МосулTatar
МөсилTatar
మౌసుల్Telugu
โมซูลThai
MusulTurkish
مەۋسىلUighur
МосулUkrainian
موصلUrdu
Al-MavsilUzbek
MosulUzbek
MosulVenetian
MosulVietnamese
MosulWaray (Philippines)
MosulWelsh
ՄոսուլWestern Armenian
موصلWestern Panjabi
摩苏尔Wu Chinese
מאסולYiddish
摩蘇爾Yue Chinese
MosoelZeeuws

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