Qalqilya Governorate

Qalqilya Governorate
Governorate
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
Country	Palestine
Area
• Total	164 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	91,046
	This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements

The Qalqilya Governorate or Qalqiliya Governorate (Arabic : محافظة قلقيلية, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Qalqīlya) is an administrative area of Palestine in the northwestern West Bank. ^[2] Its capital or muhfaza (seat) is the city of Qalqilya that borders the Green Line. ^[3]

History

During the Ottoman period, the region later forming the Qalqiliya Governorate belonged to Jabal Nablus. Like other regionls 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. ^{[4] [5]}

Localities

Municipalities

• Azzun
• Hableh
• Qalqilya
• Kafr Thulth

Towns and villages

• Azzun 'Atma
• Baqat al-Hatab
• Beit Amin
• Hajjah
• Immatain
• Jayyous
• Jinsafut
• Jit
• Kafr Laqif
• Kafr Qaddum
• an Nabi Elyas
• Ras Atiya
• Sanniriya
• Fara'ata

References

1. "Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
2. "مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". 2018-07-06. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
3. Aburas, Hala; Shahrour, Isam (January 2021). "Impact of the Mobility Restrictions in the Palestinian Territory on the Population and the Environment". Sustainability. 13 (23): 13457. doi: 10.3390/su132313457 . ISSN   2071-1050.
4. 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.
5. Doumani, Beshara (1995). Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900. ISBN   978-0-520-20370-9.

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