The Tubas Governorate (Arabic: محافظة طوباس, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūbās) is an administrative district of Palestine, in the northeastern West Bank. Its district capital or muhfaza is the city of Tubas. In 2007, the population was 50,267,[2] raising to 60,927 in 2017.[1]
Tubas Governorate | |
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 2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate | |
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| Country |  Palestine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 372 km2 (144 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 60,927 |
| This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements | |
History edit
During the Ottoman period, the region later forming the Tubas Governorate belonged to 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 trading partners, these urban notables established trading monopolies that transformed Jabal Nablus’ autarkic economy into an export-driven market, shipping vast quantities of cash crops and finished goods to off-shore markets. Increasing demand for these commodities in the Ottoman Empire’s urban centers and in Europe spurred demographic growth and settlement expansion in the lowlands surrounding Jabal Nablus.[3][4]
Localities edit
There are 23 localities located within the governorate's jurisdiction.
Cities edit
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Refugee camps edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ Mid -Year Population for Tubas District in 2007 Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Marom, Roy (2024). "The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendency: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine)". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 23 (1): 77–108. doi:10.3366/hlps.2024.0327. ISSN 2054-1988.
- ^ Doumani, Beshara (1995). Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900. ISBN 978-0-520-20370-9.