Located in northern Iraq and bordering on Syria, Ninewa is Iraq’s third largest and second most populated governorate. The capital Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city. Sinjar, Telafar, Tilkaif, Al-Shikhan and Akre dis-tricts all have disputed boundaries with Dahuk. Al-Hamdaniya district has a disputed boundary with Erbil.

Security worsened during the second half of 2008, with ethnic ten-sions leading to the displacement of 13,000 Christians from Mosul to surrounding areas. Although most of these families have returned and violence has decreased, the situation remains tense, particularly in Mosul city.

Telafar, Sinjar, Al-Ba’aj and Hatra districts have among the worst rates of connection to the general water network in Iraq. All districts apart from Hatra have prolonged power cuts or are not connected to the general electricity network. Poverty is a significant problem in all districts except Al-Ba’aj.

Overview

Demographics Governorate Capital: MosulArea: 37,323 sq km (8.6% of Iraq) Population: 2,811,091 (9% of total) Source: WFP VAM (2007)Gender Distribution: Male: 50% Female: 50%Geographical Distribution: Rural: 39% Urban: 61% Source: GoI COSIT (est. for 2007)Population by district: Al-Mosul 1,620,259 Telafar 382,050Al-Hamdaniya 143,462 Al-Shikhan 49,396Tilkaif 190,403 Al-Hatre 55,157Sinjar 237,073 Al-Baaj 133,291 Source: WFP VAM (2007)*

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Illiterate Women (10+) 24 30 24 23 31 57 32 48 60 30Illiterate Men (10+) 11 12 8 9 10 25 15 19 37 19Women with less than Primary Education (10+) 47 58 52 44 76 72 66 74 90 53Men with less than Primary Education (10+) 31 41 37 27 54 46 45 49 68 45

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Female Labour Force Participation (15-64) 18 8 10 10 3 6 5 6 30 3Male Labour Force Participation (15-64) 81 85 86 82 87 78 81 86 91 90Female Unemployment (15-64) 13 35 40 14 9 14 13 30 62 36Male Unemployment (15-64) 12 13 12 8 13 9 21 23 33 3

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Fever in the past 2 weeks 8 7 10 3 2 4 1 2 18 2Diarrhea problems in the past 2 weeks 3 4 6 3 2 3 1 1 12 1Chronic disease illnesses 9 10 11 6 10 7 9 5 5 7

ElectricityNo alternative electricity source 21 57 7 59 32 49 90 17 81 37More than 11 hours power cut or no network 52 29 50 93 80 100 26 76 15 100

PovertyLowest per capita Income Quintile 22 4 25 36 47 27 57 49 54 22Lowest per capita Expenditure Quintile 20 20 15 36 38 31 58 41 42 21

WATSANSanitation: Hole/None 8 26 0 2 0 12 10 20 44 7Water from stream/well/tanker 11 32 7 6 0 72 38 0 86 65Not connected to general network 26 26 7 20 0 83 53 7 86 100

FoodStunting: Chronic Malnutrition 22 30 27 22 26 48 48 11 20 42 Wasting: Acute Malnutrition 5 3 2 3 2 4 4 1 9 9

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* The WFP VAM 2007 survey used a distribution of Iraqi districts which differs from that used by UN HIC. The district names and areas used for the reference map, indicator maps and demographics do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on behalf of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status or frontier delimitation of any district or

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