Mosul

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al-Mawsil, Kurdish: M?sil, or Nineveh, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ, 'Ninewa') is a city in northern Iraq. It stands on both banks of the Tigris River, with five bridges linking the two sides, some 396 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad.

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The population of Mosul is principally Arab, while the regional population is mostly Kurdish, with a large minority of Assyrians, and a smaller minority of Turkomans.

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In 1987 the city's population was 664,221 people; the 2002 population estimate was 1,739,800.http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/iraqt.htm

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It is the nation's third largest city, after Baghdad and Basra.

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The fabric muslin was long manufactured here and is named for this city.

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Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. In Marco Polo's travel journal he states that the people in Italy with the surname Mussolini are descendants of merchants from the city of Mosul.

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