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Ninawa ( (province) in northern Iraq , and the Arabic name for the Biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria . It has an area of 37,323 km&2 and an estimated population of 2,509,800 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. 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 . 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
2005 January - Note: Elections were boycotted
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