Mosul is the center of Nino province ,the second largest city in Iraq in terms of number of population after Baghdad .It has a population of 3750000 people,and it is about 400 km away from the capital Baghdad.

The city is famous of trading with near by countries as Syria and Turkey, the accent of the city is Mosulia or Muslawiya that is similar to the accent of northern Syria,this accent has a vital rule to preserve the identity of the city.The majority of Mosul’s population are Arab muslims and they are descended from a main six tribes, and they are Shammar, Aljouboor, Albouhamdan ,Aldulaim, Tayee, Alsadda Alhiyalyeen a sub – tribes of Bani Hilal from the areas of Mardin mountains and Toor alabdin in southeast Turkey ,and it has a multiple ethnics of Christians ,