Mosul

Summary

Mosul is a city^[1]. Mosul ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,294 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mosul is located in Nineveh Governorate^[3].
• Mosul is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Mosul is on the body of water Tigris^[5].
• Mosul's head of government is recorded as list of Emirs of Mosul^[6].
• Mosul's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Mosul's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Mosul's twinned administrative body is recorded as Philadelphia^[9].
• Mosul's Commons category is recorded as Mosul^[10].
• Mosul's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[11].
• Mosul's local dialing code is recorded as 60^[12].
• Mosul's local dialing code is recorded as 40^[13].
• Mosul's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.366666666667, 'lon': 43.116666666667}^[14].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as Siege of Mosul^[15].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as ISIS occupation of Mosul^[16].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as Battle of Mosul^[17].
• Mosul's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosul^[18].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+1800000'}^[19].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+664221'}^[20].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+1694000'}^[21].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+1475000'}^[22].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+2882442'}^[23].
• Mosul has a population of {'amount': '+1792000'}^[24].
• Mosul's time of earliest written record is recorded as 700^[25].
• Mosul's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Mosul's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[27].

Body

Geography

Mosul is in the country of Iraq^[4]. Mosul is located in Nineveh Governorate^[3]. Mosul is on the body of water Tigris^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Mosul covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+180'}^[28]. Mosul sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+223'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1800000'}^[19], {'amount': '+664221'}^[20], {'amount': '+1694000'}^[21], {'amount': '+1475000'}^[22], {'amount': '+2882442'}^[23], and {'amount': '+1792000'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mosul include Mosul Dam^[30], a dam^[31], in Iraq^[32], founded in 1981^[33] and muslin^[34].

Why It Matters

Mosul ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,294 views/month).^[2] Mosul has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Mosul is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Mosul include Mosul Dam^[30], a dam^[31], in Iraq^[32], founded in 1981^[33] and muslin^[34].