Tulkarm
Sign in to saveTulkarm or Tulkarem () is a city in the West Bank, Palestine and the capital of the Tulkarm Governorate. Netanya is to the west in Israel, while Nablus and Jenin are to the east. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2017 Tulkarm had a population of 64,532. Tulkarm is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority. thumb|Al-Adawiah High School thumb|Paris Street, Tulkarm, 2007.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tulkarm
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- طولكرم
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Tulkarem (official)Tul Karem (unofficial)
- Settlement.translit_lang2_type
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang2_info
- טולכרם
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type A (City)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aerial view of Tulkarm 08.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tulkarm, 2020
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Tulkarm.png
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Municipal Seal of Tulkarm
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Tulkarm within Palestine
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Ayyubid and Mamluk periods
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian rule
- Contemporary period
- Gaza War
- Geography
- Demographics
- Climate
- Economy
- Education
- Culture
- Sports
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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==Notable people== Sanaa Alsarghali Abu Salma (1909–1980) Akram Al-Ashqar, film maker Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist born in 1911 in Tulkarm Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian Israeli-Arab Muslim journalist Mar'i al-Karmi (1580–1624) Mahmoud Al-Karmi (1889–1939) Hasan Karmi (1905–2007) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (1906–1974) Hilmi Hanoun (1913–2001), long-term mayor of Tulkarm Zuhair Al-Karmi (1921–2009) Ameen Nayfeh, film maker and writer Bassam Lotfi (1940–2022) Jamal Rayyan (1953–2026), news television anchorman Alaa Shreiteh (1979–2024)