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 of the governorate.
- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 381,000 residents
- Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
- Also known as: “Gobernacion de Naplusa”, “Llywodraethiaeth Nablws”, “Muḥāfaẓat Nāblus”, “Nablusas muhāfaza”, “Napat Šəḵem”, “Rhanbarth Nablus”, “Sir Nablus”, “محافظة نابلس (فلسطين)”, and “நாப்ளஸ் கவர்னரேட்”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Ebal and Joseph’s Tomb.
Joseph’s Tomb
Place of worship
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.Bi’er Yacoub
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nablus and Balata Camp.
Balata Camp
Town
Nablus Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.2406° or 32° 14′ 26″ north
Longitude
35.2871° or 35° 17′ 14″ east
Population
381,000
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q67RP+6R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nablus Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة نابلس”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Nablus”
- Armenian: “Նաբլուս”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Nablus”
- Basque: “Nablusko Gobernazioa”
- Belarusian: “Наблус”
- Bengali: “নাবলুস গভর্নরেট”
- Catalan: “Governació de Nablus”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای نابلوس”
- Chinese: “納布盧斯省”
- Chinese: “纳布卢斯省”
- Danish: “Nablus Governorate”
- Dutch: “Nablus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة نابلس”
- Finnish: “Nablusin kuvernoraatti”
- French: “gouvernorat de Naplouse”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Naplouse”
- German: “Gouvernement Nablus”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ναμπλούς”
- Gujarati: “નાબલુસ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “שכם”
- Hindi: “नाबुलुस प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Náblusz kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Nablus”
- Italian: “governatorato di Nablus”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Nablus”
- Japanese: “ナーブルス”
- Japanese: “ナーブルス県”
- Kannada: “ನಬ್ಲಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “나블루스주”
- Latvian: “Nāblusas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Nabluso muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Nablus”
- Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Nablus”
- Marathi: “नाबलूस गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nablus Governorate”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nablus guvernement”
- Persian: “استان نابلس”
- Polish: “Nablus”
- Portuguese: “Nablus”
- Portuguese: “Província de Nablus”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Nablus”
- Russian: “Наблус”
- Scots: “Nablus Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “නබ්ලස් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Nablus”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Nablus”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Naplusa”
- Swedish: “Nablus guvernment”
- Tamil: “நாபுளுசு ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “நாப்ளஸ் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Telugu: “నాబ్లస్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตการปกครองแนบลูส”
- Turkish: “Nablus valiliği”
- Turkish: “Nablus Yönetimi”
- Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Наблус”
- Urdu: “محافظہ نابلس”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Nablus”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Nablus”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع نابلس”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Al Masākin ash Sha‘bīyah ash Sharqīyah and ‘Askar al Balad.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Khirbat al Hawā’ and Khirbat al ‘Uqūd.
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