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Nablus Governorate
The Nablus Governorate () 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 governor of the district is Mahmoud Aloul. History During the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period, the region later forming the Nablus Governorate belonged to Nablus Sanjak, Jabal Nablus. Like other regions 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. With the help of Rural notables (Palestine), rural trading partners, these urban notables established trading Monopoly, monopolies that transformed Jabal Nablus’ Autarky, autarkic economy into an export-driven market, shipping vast quantities of cash crops and finished goods to off-shore Market (economics), markets. Increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Palestine
Palestine is a unitary state, but is divided into sixteen governorates for administrative purposes. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the West Bank and Gaza Strip were placed under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority, which divided the territories into governorates. The governorates are subdivided in turn into Municipality (Palestinian Authority), municipalities. List Notes See also * ISO 3166-2:PS * List of regions of Palestine by Human Development Index References {{DEFAULTSORT:Governorates of Palestine Governorates of Palestine, Subdivisions of Palestine Lists of administrative divisions, Palestine, Governorates Administrative divisions in Asia, Palestine 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Governorates, Palestine Palestine geography-related lists Governorates, Palestine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market (economics)
In economics, a market is a composition of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations or infrastructures whereby parties engage in Exchange (economics), exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services (including labour power) to buyers in exchange for money. It can be said that a market is the process by which the value of goods and services are established. Markets facilitate trade and enable the distribution and allocation of resources in a society. Markets allow any tradeable item to be evaluated and priced. A market emergence, emerges more or less spontaneous order, spontaneously or may be constructed deliberately by human interaction in order to enable the exchange of rights (cf. ownership) of services and goods. Markets generally supplant Gift economy, gift economies and are often held in place through rules and customs, such as a booth fee, competitive pricing, and source of goods for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Council (Palestinian Authority)
A Village council is a type of local government used in the Palestinian Authority localities that usually number between 800 and 3,000+ inhabitants. The village council is also known D-level municipalities. There are 355 village councils in Palestine. Village councils could consist of three to eleven members, including a chairman, a deputy chairman and secretary. The chairman is the head of the council. Unlike municipalities, village councils do not hold elections; rather, the representatives of a village's largest clans choose a chairman who is then appointed by the Local Government Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. See also *List of cities in Palestinian Authority areas *Palestinian refugee camps Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Furik
Beit Furik () is a town located nine kilometers southeast of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank, Palestinian territories, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 13,477 inhabitants in 2017. Location Beit Furik is located 8.24 km south east of Nablus. It is bordered by Al Jiftlik to the east, Ar Rajman, Yanun, and 'Awarta to the south, Rujeib and Nablus to the west, and Beit Dajan, Nablus, Beit Dajan, Salim, Nablus, Salim and Deir al Hatab to the north. increasing in the 1931 census of Palestine, 1931 census, where Beit Furik (together with the smaller location Kh. Beita) had a population of 867 Muslims, in a total of 262 houses.Mills, 1932, p60/ref> In the Village Statistics, 1945, 1945 statistics Beit Furik (including Kh. Kafr Beita) had a population of 1,240, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p18/ref> with 36,663 dunams of land, according to an of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastia, Nablus
Sebastia (, ''Sabastiyah''; ; , ''Sebastiya''; ) is a Palestinian village of about 3,205 inhabitants, located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Nablus. Sebastia is believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the West Bank. In the 9th century BCE, it was known as Samaria, and served as the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel until it was destroyed by the Neo-Assyrian Empire around 720 BCE. It became an administrative center under Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian rule. During the early Roman period, the city was expanded and fortified by Herod the Great, who renamed it Sebastia in honor of emperor Augustus. Since the middle of the 4th century, the town has been identified by Christians and Muslims as the burial site of John the Baptist, whose purported grave is today part of Nabi Yahya Mosque. Conquered by Muslims in the 7th century, the present-day village of Sebastia is home to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qabalan
Qabalan () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 8,195 inhabitants in 2017. Location Qabalan is located south of Nablus. It is bordered by Aqraba and Jurish to the east, Talfit and As Sawiya to the south, As Sawiya and Yatma to the west, and Beita and Osarin to the north. Qabalan sits atop a slope that descends into a small, fertile valley. History Potsherds from the Iron Age I and Iron Age II have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 656 The SWP noted that: "the ruin to the east f the villageconsists of heaps of stones". Finkelstein noted that "most of the area of the present village is relatively modern". Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and it appeared in the 1596 tax-records as ''Qabalan'', located in the ''Nahiya'' of Jabal Qubal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammain
Jamma'in () is a Palestinian people, Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus, northwest of Salfit and north of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 7,436 in 2017. Location Jamma’in is located 11.26 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by 'Einabus and Huwwara to the east, Yasuf, Iskaka and Marda, Salfit, Marda to the south, Zeita Jamma'in to the west, 'Asira al Qibliya and 'Urif to the north. History Jamma'in is situated on a high hill on the ancient site. Carved stones have been reused in village houses, walls, fencing and agricultural terraces. Rock-cut cisterns have also been found. 400 meters north-west are tombs carved into rock which contains one Loculus (architecture), loculi and caves (called I-Qubay'ah).Dauphin, 1998, p. 807 Sherds from the Iron Age#Near East timeline, Iron Age I, IAII, Achaemenid Empire, Persian, Hellen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huwara
Huwara or Howwarah (, ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank, Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately from Jacob's Well.Rix, 1907, p25/ref> According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,659 in 2017. Huwara is a flashpoint town in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Huwara is on the main road to nearby Israeli settlements, leading to frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and settlers and local Palestinians. Most notably, two Israeli civilian-settlers passing the town were shot by a Palestinian gunman in a shooting attack. In response to the shooting attack, the town was rampaged by hundreds of Israeli settlers, who torched Palestinian businesses and houses, leaving one dead and one hundred Palestinians injured. Israel constructed a bypass road around Huwara to avoid having t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beita, Nablus
Beita (, translation: "Home") is a Palestinian people, Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the northern Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli-occupied West Bank located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,682 in 2017. It consists of five clans which branch out to thirty families. There are many houses dating back to the Ancient Roman, Roman era. The current mayor, elected in 2004 is Arab ash-Shurafa. The town contains four mosques and three clinics. Since 1967, under the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, more than 77 Beita villagers have been shot dead by Israeli forces, many during protests, 7 were killed between May and September 2021 during the suppression of demonstrations against the establishment of an Israeli outpost on Beita lands. Location Beita (including Za'tara locality) is located – south of Nablus. It is bordered by Osarin and Aqraba, Nablus, Aqraba to the east, Awarta and O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asira Ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017. Location ‘Asira ash Shamaliya is located 3.5 km north of Nablus. It is bordered by Talluza, Al Badhan, and 'Azmut to the east, Nablus to the south, Zawata, Ijnisinya, and Nisf Jubeil to the west, and Beit Imrin and Yasid to the north. Etymology According to Palmer, the old name ''Asiret el Hatab'' means ''The difficult place of timber''. According to the local municipality, in Arabic, the word ''Asira'' means "firewood" and refers to the town's (and nearby Asira al-Qibliya's) abundance of forests which was used by residents to sell firewood. History Pottery sherds from the Iron Age I,Zertal, 2004, p528/ref> Iron Age II, late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found here. South e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqraba, Nablus
Aqraba () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Aqraba had a population of 10,024 inhabitants in 2017. According to Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem since 1967, Israel has confiscated 1,425 dunums of Aqraba and Yanun's land for use for settlements, Israeli Military bases and for the Wall Zone. According to Kerem Navot, 3,265 dunams of mostly cultivated land were seized per military order T12/72 and transferred to the settlement of Gittit. Nearby hamlets surround the village and are considered to be natural extensions of Aqraba; they are the ''khirbets'' of al-Arama, al-Kroom, Abu ar-Reisa, ar-Rujman, Firas ad-Din and Tell al-Khashaba. The total population of these hamlets was estimated to be 500 in 2008. The prominent families of Aqraba are Al Dayriyeh, Bani Jaber, Al-Mayadima, Bani Jame', and Bani Fadel. Etymology The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality (Palestinian Authority)
A municipality () is an administrative unit of local government similar to a city. They were established and decided after the creation of the Local Government Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994. All municipalities are assigned by the Local Government Ministry. Municipal council members and mayors are elected by the residents of the particular locality. Municipalities are divided into four sectors depending on their population and importance to their particular governorate A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is typically used to calque divisions .... Municipal types See also * List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority (38) * Palestinian refugee camps External links *The Crisis of Local Government Institution in Palestine, a case studyAbdulnasser Makky. Arabic Media I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
