NINAWA GOVERNORATE

'Ninawa' (Arabic: نینوى , Kurdish: ''Neynewa'', Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ ''Nîněwâ'') is a governorate (province) in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,600,000 people. Its chief city and the provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of Nineveh. Tal Afar is also a major city within the region. Prior to 1976 it was called Mosul Province and also included the present day Dahuk Governorate
Its two main cities endured the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and emerged relatively unscathed. In 2005, however, Mosul and Tal Afar were the scenes of fierce battles between U.S.-led troops and the Iraqi insurgency. The insurgents had moved to Ninawa after the Battle of Fallujah in 2004.

Contents

Elections in the Province

Districts

Population throughout History

References

See also

Elections in the Province

Since no real census has been taken for decades, the election results are the only indicator of the province's ethnic distribution:
'2005 December'.

★ Sunni Arab Group - 324,518 (40%)

★ Kurdish Group - 156,476 (19%)

★ Allawi's Multi-ethnic Group - 91,661 (11%)

★ Sunni/Assyrian Group - 81,976 (10%)

★ Shia Arab Group - 61,083 (7%)

★ Yezidi Group - 18,618 (1%)

★ Assyrian Group - 12,323 (1%)
'2005 January'^[1]
''- Note: Elections were boycotted by Sunni Arabs, Assyrians, Yezidis, and Turkmen. .

★ Kurdish Group - 77,000

★ Shia Group - 23,000

★ Sunni Group - 56,000

★ Allawi's Multi-ethnic Group - 21,000

★ Assyrian Group - 3,500

★ Yezidi Group - 3,200

★ Turkman Group - 1,800

Districts

★ Akra

★ Al-Ba'aj

★ Al-Hamdaniya

★ Al-Shikhan

★ Hatra

★ Mosul

★ Shekhan

★ Sinjar

★ Tall Afar

★ Tel Kaif
Note that Akra and Shekan are currently under the Kurdistan Regional Government control, as Mosul has no control over these two districts.

Population throughout History

1987 Census: 1,507,000^[2]

References

1. http://www.epic-usa.org/Portals/1/UpdatedElectionResults.pdf
2. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iraq/iq_appen.html

See also

★ Ninawa governorate council election, 2005

★ Nineveh

★ Nineveh plains