Nineveh Governorate is a governorate in northern Iraq, named for the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is now a part of the provincial capital of Mosul. In 2011, the governorate had a population of 3,270,422 people, with a significant number of Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Yazidis, Shabaks, Turkmen, Armenians, Romani, and Mandeans. Most Arabs are Sunni Muslim with a Shia minority, with a few Arab Christians; all of the Assyrians are Christian, while Yazidis and Mandeans have their own religions.