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The city of Nablus is the muhfaza (seat) of the Nablus Governorate, and is governed by a municipal council made up of fifteen elected members, including the mayor. [ 100 ] The two primary political parties in the municipal council are Hamas and Fatah .
The Old City of Nablus is the historical center of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.Known for its cultural, architectural, and social heritage, the Old City was founded as a Roman city, and remained an important urban center ever since.
The Nablus Governorate (Arabic: محافظة نابلس Muḥāfaẓat Nāblus) is an administrative district of Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza (seat) of the governorate.
In ancient times, Sebastia was known as Shomron (Hebrew: שומרון, romanized: Šomron) which translates into "watch" or "watchman" in English. [14]The city bearing the ancient Hebrew name of Shomron later gave its name to the central region of the Land of Israel, surrounding the city of Shechem (modern-day Nablus). [15]
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower (Arabic: برج الساعة) [1] is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square (casbah) in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestine. [2] Five stories high, it was erected in 1906 on the orders of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II to celebrate 30 years of ...
Tell Balata (Arabic: تل بلاطة) is the site of the remains of an ancient Canaanite and Israelite [1] city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. It is located in the West Bank. [2] The built-up area of Balata, a Palestinian village and suburb of Nablus, covers about one-third of the tell, and overlooks a vast plain to ...
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On 22 February 2023, Israel conducted a military incursion into the Palestinian city of Nablus.After an undercover unit located the house in which two militants were believed to be residing, a firefight broke out, resulting in the deaths of 3 militants.