Nablus
Nablus (Arabic: نابلس Nāblus [næːblʊs] (
listen), Hebrew: שכם Šəḵem, Biblical Shechem ISO 259-3 Škem, Greek: Νεάπολις Νeapolis) is a Palestinian city in the Samaria Mountains, in a Valley between "Mount Ebal (the mount of the blessing) in the south and "Mount Gerizim (the mount of the curse)" in the north. Nablus was the first Jewish city in the world and Joseph the son of Jacob was barried in the eastern side of the city. according to the Jewish tradition the city of Nablus was the first jewish City in the world.
Nablus | |
|---|---|
 Downtown Nablus | |
| Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°15′40″E | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 146,493 |
| Website | http://www.nablus.org/ |
the Samaritan
a small comunity of Samaritan is living in the south of the city in a neighbourhood called: "Kiryat Luza" next to Mount Gerizim.
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Mount Ebal
Mount Ebal
Joseph's Tomb
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nablus.
- Official website
- A site explaining the reasons for the devastated Palestinian economy Archived 2005-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Nablus the Culture, reviving cultural life in Nablus Archived 2022-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Nablus after Five Years of Conflict December 2005 report by OCHA (PDF).
- Archaeological Remains Found in Nablus
- Picture showing Nablus from east (Panorama) Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Picture showing east region of Nablus (Panorama) – The picture taken from Askar Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Bahjat Sabri, "Urban Aspects in the City of Nablus in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century" An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities, Volume 6 (1992)
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