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Qalqiliya Governorate

Governorate of Palestine

Field	Value
type	Governorate
image_skyline	Qalqilia Ha.jpg
image_map	Qalqilya in Palestine.svg
image_map1	2018 OCHA OpT map Qalqilya.jpg
map_caption1	2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
mapsize1	250px
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	10
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
area_total_km2	164
population_as_of	2017
population_footnotes
population_total	91,046
population_note	This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements

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The Qalqiliya Governorate or Qalqilya Governorate () is an administrative area of Palestine in the northwestern West Bank. Its capital or muhfaza (seat) is the city of Qalqilya that borders the Green Line.

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.

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

"Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017". [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).
(2018-07-06). "مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني".
(January 2021). "Impact of the Mobility Restrictions in the Palestinian Territory on the Population and the Environment". Sustainability.
Marom, Roy. (2024). "The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendency: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine)". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies.
Doumani, Beshara. (1995). "Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900".

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