The Tubas Governorate ( ar, محافظة طوباس, Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūbās) is an administrative district of the
Palestine
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in the northeastern
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. Its district capital or ''muhfaza'' is the city of
Tubas
A tuba is a musical instrument that plays notes in the bass clef.
Tuba can also refer to:
Instruments
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*Tuba curva, a revival of the Roman ''cornu''
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. In 2007, the population was 50,267,
Mid -Year Population for Tubas District in 2007
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official
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. raising to 60,927 in 2017.
Localities
There are 23 localities located within the governorate's jurisdiction.
Cities
*Tubas
A tuba is a musical instrument that plays notes in the bass clef.
Tuba can also refer to:
Instruments
*Roman tuba, a straight trumpet of ancient Rome
*Tuba curva, a revival of the Roman ''cornu''
*Wagner tuba, an instrument like the tuba curva ...
Municipalities
* 'Aqqaba
*Tammun
Tammun ( ar, طمّون) is a Palestinian town in the Tubas Governorate, located 13 kilometers northeast of Nablus and five kilometers south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. Tammun has a population of approximately 10,795 inhabitants in 200 ...
Village councils
* Bardala
* Ein al-Beida
* Kardala
*Ras al-Far'a
Ras al-Far'a ( ar, راس الفارعة) is a Palestinian town in the Tubas Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 5 kilometers South west of Tubas. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a pop ...
* Tayasir
*Wadi al-Far'a
Wadi al-Far'a ( ar, وادي الفارعة) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas. It has a land area of 12,000 dunams, of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are f ...
Village clusters
* al-Bikai'a
Refugee camps
*Far'a
Far'a, Faraa or al-Fari'ah ( ar, مخيّم الفارعة) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern West Bank, located 12 kilometers south of Jenin and 2 kilometers south of Tubas, three kilometers ...
See also
* Governorates of Palestine
The Governorates of Palestine are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine.
After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into three areas ( Area A, Area B, and Area C) and 16 go ...
References
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Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank