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In the PCBS's 1997 census, the city had a population of 100,034, including 23,397 refugees, accounting for about 24% of the city's residents. [68] Nablus' Old City had a population of 12,000 in 2006. [11] The population of Nablus city comprises 40% of its governorate's inhabitants. [64] Approximately half of population is under 20 years old.
[1] [2] The Old City of Nablus was a center of commerce, with large souqs selling textiles, spices and Nabulsi soap. [3] Today it includes more than 100 historical monumental buildings. [ 4 ] The Old City has been repeatedly damaged by Israeli rockets and bombs, particularly during the Second Intifada , where it suffered "probably more than any ...
Joseph's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר יוסף, Qever Yosef; Arabic: قبر يوسف, Qabr Yūsuf) is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 metres northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. [1]
Jacob's Well, 1912 The Greek Orthodox St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub in 2008 The dome of St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub (2008). Jacob's Well, [a] also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.
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 ...
Pages in category "Old City (Nablus)" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ...
The significance of the khan was also attributed to its central location in the city, dividing it in half physically, but also psychologically between "easterners" and "westerners"—labels still used today. During the Nabi Musa festival, Arab youth would descend upon Khan al-Tujjar shouting slogans praising their part of the city. In the ...