Northwestern Iraq

Northwestern Iraq is a region largely between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the northwestern part of .
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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.

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is a city in Northwestern . However, its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the Iraqi government.

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is a town in the Al Jazira region of . It is best known for being the birthplace of Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein and the Ayyubid Sultan, Saladin.

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is an ancient Assyrian ruin in Northwestern . In the Bronze Age, it was an important trade hub. The city remained continuously inhabited for over 4000 years, but was abandoned in the 14th century after the residents were massacred by the Timurid Empire.

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is a ruin in Northwestern Iraq. It has suffered damage at the hands of ISIS, though most of the buildings are reportedly still intact.

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is a city in the of northwestern , located 63 km west of , 52 km east of and 200 km northwest of . Its local inhabitants are exclusively Turkmen.

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Shingal is a town in immediately south of Mount . Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023. The important Chermera temple is found on the highest peak of the Mountains.

is a town that is located in the Nineveh Plains in northern , about 21 kilometres east of . was liberated from ISIL control on October 20, 2016, by Iraqi Special Operations Forces along with the Nineveh Plain Protection Units and PMF Brigade 30, who both currently control and run the city's security.

Northwestern Iraq

  • Type: region
  • Description: northern portion of region between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, now part of Iraq, Syria and Turkey
  • Also known as: “Al-Jazira”, “Assyria”, “Jazira”, “Ninawa”, “Nineveh”, “Upper Mesopotamia”, and “كهاف الخيل”
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
34.5338° or 34° 32′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
43.4837° or 43° 29′ 2″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q311819
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Northwestern Iraq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أعالي بلاد الرافدين”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة السورية”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة الفراتية السورية”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة الفراتية”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الجزيرة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ջազիրա”
  • Armenian: “Ջազիրա”
  • Armenian: “Ջեզիրե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəzirə”
  • Basque: “Al-Jazira”
  • Basque: “Goi Mesopotamia”
  • Basque: “Mesopotamia Garaia”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর-পশ্চিম ইরাক”
  • Bulgarian: “Горна Месопотамия”
  • Bulgarian: “Джазира”
  • Bulgarian: “Джезире”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Месопотамия”
  • Catalan: “Al-Jazira”
  • Catalan: “Alta Mesopotàmia”
  • Catalan: “Djezira”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلجەزیرە”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەزیرە”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەزیرەی کوردستان”
  • Central Kurdish: “مێزۆپۆتامیای سەروو”
  • Chinese: “上美索不达米亚”
  • Chinese: “上美索不達米亞”
  • Chinese: “傑吉拉”
  • Chinese: “加孜拉”
  • Chinese: “賈茲拉平原”
  • Chinese: “贾兹拉”
  • Croatian: “Gornja Mezopotamija”
  • Czech: “al-Džazíra”
  • Czech: “Horní Mezopotámie”
  • Dutch: “Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره الفراتيه”
  • Esperanto: “Supra Mezopotamio”
  • French: “Al-Jazira”
  • French: “Djézira”
  • French: “Djezirah”
  • French: “Djezireh”
  • French: “Djézireh”
  • French: “Haute Mésopotamie”
  • French: “Jezirah”
  • Georgian: “ჯეზირე”
  • German: “Al Dschasira”
  • German: “Al-Dschazira”
  • German: “Dschazīra”
  • Greek: “Άνω Μεσοποταμία”
  • Hebrew: “ג’זירה”
  • Hindi: “अल-जज़ीरा”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsazíra”
  • Indonesian: “Mesopotamia Hulu”
  • Italian: “Giazira”
  • Italian: “Jazira”
  • Italian: “Jazīra”
  • Italian: “Mesopotamia settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “アルジャジーラ地方”
  • Japanese: “ジャズィーラ”
  • Japanese: “ジャズィーラ地方”
  • Korean: “알자지라”
  • Latvian: “Džezīras tuksnesis”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Mesopotamija”
  • Lithuanian: “Džazira”
  • Lithuanian: “Džezira”
  • Lithuanian: “Džezirės plynaukštė”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Mesopotamija”
  • Malay: “Al Jazira, Mesopotamia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Jazira i Mesopotamia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “al-Jazira”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jazirah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Mesopotamia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ ܥܠܝܬܐ”
  • Persian: “الجزیره عراق”
  • Persian: “جزیره میانرودان”
  • Persian: “جزیره”
  • Persian: “میان‌رودان سفلی”
  • Persian: “میان‌رودان شمالی”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżazira”
  • Polish: “Dżezira”
  • Polish: “Górna Mezopotamia”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jazira”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Jazira”
  • Portuguese: “Alta Mesopotâmia”
  • Portuguese: “Djazirah”
  • Portuguese: “Djezirah”
  • Portuguese: “Djezireh”
  • Portuguese: “Jazirah”
  • Portuguese: “Mesopotâmia Superior”
  • Russian: “Джазира”
  • Russian: “Джезире”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джазире”
  • Serbian: “Горња Месопотамија”
  • Slovenian: “gornja Mezopotamija”
  • Slovenian: “Gornja Mezopotamija”
  • Spanish: “Alta Mesopotamia”
  • Spanish: “Mesopotamia superior”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазира”
  • Tamil: “மேல் மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Mezopotamya”
  • Ukrainian: “Джезіре”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ فرات”
  • Uzbek: “Jazira”
  • Venetian: “Jazīra”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճեզիրէ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ فرات”

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