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Section of topographical map of Nablus area. Nablus lies in a strategic position at a junction between two ancient commercial roads; one linking the Sharon coastal plain to the Jordan valley, the other linking Nablus to the Galilee in the north, and the biblical Judea to the south through the mountains. [49]
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.
Map of Area A, Palestinian localities in Area B and Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. ... Nablus Governorate: 321,493: 592 Qalqilya Governorate: 91,046: ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Buildings and structures in Nablus (4 C, 12 P) H. History of Nablus ...
Sebastia (Arabic: سبسطية, Sabastiyah; Greek: Σεβαστη, Sevasti; Hebrew: סבסטיה, Sebastiya; Latin: Sebaste) is a Palestinian village of about 3,205 inhabitants, [2] located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Nablus. [3]
The Nablus Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق نابلس; Turkish: Nablus Sancağı) was an administrative area that existed throughout Ottoman rule in the Levant (1517–1917). It was administratively part of the Damascus Eyalet until 1864 when it became part of Syria Vilayet and then the Beirut Vilayet in 1888.
Tubas (/ ˈ tj uː b ə s /; Arabic: طوباس, Tûbâs) is a Palestinian city in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, west of the Jordan Valley.A city of over 21,000 inhabitants, [1] it serves as the economic and administrative center of the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine.
During the Ottoman period, the region later forming the Qalqiliya Governorate belonged to Jabal Nablus.Like other regionls of Nablus' peripheral hinterland, it followed the provincial center, led by a closely knit web of economic, social and political relations between Nablus’ urban notables and the city’s surroundings.