Tulkarm Governorate

The Tulkarm Governorate (Arabic: محافظة طولكرم Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūlkarm; Hebrew: נפת טולכרם Nafat Ŧulkarem) 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.[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 172,800 inhabitants.[2] The muhafaza or district capital is the city of Tulkarm.

Tulkarm Governorate
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
Country Palestine

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

Villages

Town
Far'un - فرعون
Iktaba - إكتابا
'Illar- عِلار
Izbat Shufa - عزبة شوفة
Al-Jarushiya - الجاروشية
Kafr Abbush - كفر عبوش
Kafr Jammal - كفر جمّال
Kafr al-Labad - كفراللبد
Kafr Rumman - كفر رمّان
Kafr Sur - كفر صور
Kafr Zibad - كفر زيباد
Khureish - خربة خريش
Kur - كور
an-Nazla al-Gharbiya - النزله الغربيه
an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya - النزله الشرقيه
an-Nazla al-Wusta - النزله الوسطه
Nazlat Abu Nar - نزلات ابو نار
Nazlat 'Isa - نزلة عيسى
Raml Zeita - رمل زيتة/قزازة
Ramin
Al-Ras - الرأس
Saffarin - سفارين
Seida - صيدا
Shufta - شوفه
Zeita - زيتا

See also

References


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