What is Mosul?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mosul | native_name = {{lang|ar|الموصل}} | settlement_type = [[List of cities in Iraq|City]] | image_skyline = Collage of Mosul.png | imagesize = 275 | image_caption = [[Tigris]], a bridge and Grand Mosque in Mosul | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | nickname = Nīnwē ܢܝ݂ܢܘܹܐ | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Iraq#Asia | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Mosul within Iraq | coordinates = {{coord|36.34|N|43.13|E|region:IQ|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Iraq | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | subdivision_name2 = [[Nineveh Governorate]] | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 180 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |first=Philip |last=Gladstone |title=Synop Information for ORBM (40608) in Mosul, Iraq |url=http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/ORBM |website=Weather Quality Reporter |accessdate=16 June 2014|date=10 February 2014}}</ref> | elevation_m = 223 | elevation_ft = 732 | population_total = 664,221<!--Note: use population_footnotes for refs, use only unformatted numbers here --> | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = | population_urban = Unknown (estimates range between 750,000 and 1,500,000<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraqi-city-of-mosul-transformed-a-year-after-islamic-state-ca