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Iktaba
Iktaba ( ar, إكتابا) is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian town located four kilometers Northeast of the city of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,665 inhabitants in 2007. Palestinian refugee, Refugees make-up 33% of the entire population in 1997. History In 1265, after the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluks had defeated the Crusades, Crusaders, Iktaba (''Sabahiya'') was mentioned among the estates which Sultan Baibars granted his followers. The village was given to the Emir#Military ranks and titles, emir ''Alam al-Din Tardaj al-Amadi''. Ottoman era Iktaba was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine (region), Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the daftar, tax registers under the name of ''Staba'', being in the ''Nahiya'' of Qaqun of the ''Liwa (Arabic), Liwa'' of Sanjak of Nablus, Nablus. It had a population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulkarm Governorate
The Tulkarm Governorate ( ar, محافظة طولكرم, Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūlkarm) is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of Palestine located in the north-western West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 square kilometres. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 172,800 inhabitants. The ''muhafaza'' or district capital is the city of Tulkarm. Localities The Tulkarm Governorate has 51 localities and two refugee camps ( Tulkarm Camp and Nur Shams Camp). The towns and cities mentioned below have populations of over 1,000. Municipalities * Anabta *Attil *Bal'a * Baqa ash-Sharqiyya *Beit Lid *Deir al-Ghusun * Qaffin *Tulkarm Villages See also * State of Palestine *Palestinian National Authority *Palestinian territories The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |