Mosul

Summary

Mosul is a city^[1]. Mosul ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 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 image is recorded as Collage of Mosul.png^[7].
• Mosul's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Mosul's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Mosul's twinned administrative body is recorded as Philadelphia^[10].
• Mosul's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126635658^[11].
• Mosul's GND ID is recorded as 4102240-3^[12].
• Mosul's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50005853^[13].
• Mosul's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122906605^[14].
• Mosul's IdRef ID is recorded as 031748856^[15].
• Mosul's Commons category is recorded as Mosul^[16].
• Mosul's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[17].
• Mosul's local dialing code is recorded as 60^[18].
• Mosul's local dialing code is recorded as 40^[19].
• Mosul's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.366666666667, 'lon': 43.116666666667}^[20].
• Mosul's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cgxp^[21].
• Mosul's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge796632^[22].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as Siege of Mosul^[23].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as ISIS occupation of Mosul^[24].
• Mosul's significant event is recorded as Battle of Mosul^[25].
• Mosul's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosul^[26].
• Mosul's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX6084748^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+180'}^[28]. Mosul's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+223'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1800000'}^[30], {'amount': '+664221'}^[31], {'amount': '+1694000'}^[32], {'amount': '+1475000'}^[33], {'amount': '+2882442'}^[34], and {'amount': '+1792000'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and big city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mosul include muslin^[36] and Mosul Dam^[37], a dam^[38], in Iraq^[39], founded in 1981^[40].

Why It Matters

Mosul ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 views/month).^[2] Mosul has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Mosul is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Mosul include muslin^[36] and Mosul Dam^[37], a dam^[38], in Iraq^[39], founded in 1981^[40].