Tulkarm Governorate

Tulkarm Governorate

The Tulkarm Governorate ( _ar. محافظة طولكرم) is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority located in the northwestern West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 square kilometers. [ [http://www.pnic.gov.ps/english/geography/Residential_%20tulkarem.html Tulkarm Governorate] ] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 172,800 inhabitants. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] ] The "muhfaza" or district capital is the city of Tulkarm.

Localities

The Tulkarm Governorate has 51 localities and two refugee camps. 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

Towns

ee also

*Palestinian National Authority
*Palestinian territories

References


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