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The Nablus business developed from an ice-factory set up by Mohammad Anabtawi in the town centre in 1950. It produces 50 tons a day, and exports to Jordan and Iraq. Most of the ingredients are imported from Israel. [80] Before 2000, 13.4% of Nablus' residents worked in Israel, with the figure dropping to 4.7% in 2004.
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.
Queen Melisende of Jerusalem resided in Nablus from 1150 to 1161, after she was granted control over the city in order to resolve a dispute with her son Baldwin III. Crusaders began building Christian institutions in Nablus, including a church dedicated to the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus, and in 1170 they erected a hospice for pilgrims. [7]
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]
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 the east. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Palestinian village of Salim is located 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) to the east.
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]
Shechem declined after the fall of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The city later regained its importance as a prominent Samaritan center during the Hellenistic period. [3] Traditionally associated with the city of Nablus, [4] Shechem is now identified with the nearby site of Tell Balata in the Balata al-Balad suburb of the West Bank.
Mount Ebal (Hebrew: הַר עֵיבָל, romanized: Har ʿĒyḇāl; Arabic: جَبَل عَيْبال, romanized: Jabal ʿAybāl) is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim. [1]