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Iraq Investment Map 2020-2021

Main activities

Agriculture, oil, asphalt, textile, sugar, dairy products, and cement.

Infrastructures

Mosul represents the crossways center in the north of Iraq. Both the main road from
Baghdad to Turkey and the railway line pass through it. It also has an international
airport, a number of bridges on the River Tigris which links east to west banks.

Education:

The Province has only one University, (University of Mosul), more than (1802)
primary school, 114 kindergartens, more than (647) secondary school, 10 Teachers’
Qualifying Institutes, (43) library and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Nineveh has 18 hospitals and 156 health center.

Tourist sites

There are a lot of tourists sites in Nineveh among which are the Mosque of Prophet
Younus, Mosque of Khidhr, Hadba Minaret, Noumroud, and Bashtabiyah Castle. The
city is famous for its tourist woods, Mosul Dam, in addition to many worship places
and religious shrines which is related to many Prophets and priests.

Dam of Mosul: It is located on the River
Tigris, approximately 60 km to the north
of Mosul. It had been accomplished in
1986. Its length is approximately 75 km
from the Dam site to the Iraqi- Turkish
borderline. The area of its lake is almost
220 km². A tourist city was established
by it. It contains several tourist facilities
and apartments.