Nineveh Governorate

Iraq

Nineveh Governorate has 12 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.

First Battle of Fallujah

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Fallujah, Iraq

Coalition Provisional Authority

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Green Zone | Sunni Triangle

Al-Hasakah Governorate

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Al-Malikiyah, Syria | Ayn Issa, Syria

Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Fallujah, Iraq | Saladin Governorate | Hawija, Iraq | Ad-Dawr, Iraq

Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Qaraqosh, Iraq | Hawija, Iraq | Qayyarah, Iraq | Numaniyah, Iraq

Deir ez-Zor Governorate

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria | Ayn Issa, Syria | Raqqa Governorate | Mayadin, Syria

David Petraeus

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Cornwall, New York | Laghman Province | Tal Afar, Iraq | Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York | Springfield, New Hampshire

Nineveh

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Mosul, Iraq | Balkh, Afghanistan | Erbil, Iraq | Nineveh Plains | Calcutta, Ohio

101st Airborne Division

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Nashville, Tennessee | Toccoa, Georgia | Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands | Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands | Fort Irwin National Training Center

Iraqi Turkmen

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Mosul, Iraq | Kirkuk, Iraq | Erbil, Iraq | Nineveh Plains | Qaraqosh, Iraq

Sunni Islam

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Amsterdam, Netherlands | Newark, New Jersey | Kazakhstan | Sierra Leone | Egypt

Kurds

Connects Nineveh Governorate to: Turkmenistan | Stockholm, Sweden | Mosul, Iraq | Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | Kingdom of Georgia

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