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Nablus is located 42 kilometers (26 mi) east of Tel Aviv, Israel, 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Amman, Jordan and 63 kilometers (39 mi) north of Jerusalem. [50] Nearby cities and towns include Huwara and Aqraba to the south, Beit Furik to the southeast, Tammun to the northeast, Asira ash-Shamaliya to the north and Kafr Qaddum and Tell to the west.
Postal codes are assigned by Israel Post generally from north to south, with the first two postal code digits being the postcode areas — thus, Metula in the north has 1029200 as its postal code, and Eilat in the south was assigned 88xxxxx. Jerusalem postal codes start with the digit 9, although this does not correspond with its geographical ...
In February 2021, the Palestinian Authority announced the implementation of its own postal codes, and that postal items not bearing a postal code would not be processed after April. This move came in part with an intent to assert Palestinian sovereignty, however, post in Palestine is still subject to seizure and blockades as it passes through ...
The postal history of Palestine and Transjordan. Heathfield. ISBN 1-872465-89-7. First edition (1985): The postal history of British Palestine 1918-1948. Rachwalsky, E. (1957). Notes on the Italian post office in Jerusalem. In: The BAPIP Bulletin. No. 21, pp. 16–18. Rachwalsky, E. and A. Jacobs (1962).
In 1867, the Jerusalem-Jaffa route operated twice a week, and beginning in 1884, the Nablus-Jaffa route received daily despatches. [ 6 ] Initially all the postal facilities had the status of relay stations, and letters received their postmarks only at the Beirut post office.
Postal code: 11110-17198. Area code ... Nablus, and Jerusalem, ... Jordan receives the most medical tourists in the region and the fifth highest in the world. Amman ...
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.
The postal service operated by the Mandatory authorities was reputed to be the best in the Middle East. Letters were delivered daily in Jerusalem. Palestine joined the Universal Postal Union in October 1923. [1] The post was transported by boat, train, cars and horses, and after 1927, also by air. [2] During the volatility of 1947 and 1948 ...