Nineveh Governorate
Ninawa (Arabic: نینوى, Kurdish: [Neynewa] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nîněwâ) is a province in north of Iraq It has an area of 37,323 km². The capital is Mosul which lies near the Tigris river. 2,600,000 people live in the province. The ancient Biblical city of Nineveh is also in this province. The name Ninawa is the Arabic name for Nineveh.
Nineveh Governorate Media
Former governor Atheel al-Nujaifi in the Yezidian Academy, Hanover, Germany, 2014
After an early morning Key Leader Engagement, soldiers from Crazy Troop, 3-7 Cavalry, 2HBCT, 3ID, take a small detour to Al Hatra, an ancient ruined city located southwest of Mosul in the Al-Jazarah region and do a little site seeing before heading back on a three hour convoy to Contingency Operating Site Marez, Sept 18.
