Nablus
Nablus (Arabic: نابلس <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Nāblus [næːblʊs] (
listen), Hebrew: שכם <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">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.
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| Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°15′40″E / 32.22222°N 35.26111°ECoordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°15′40″E / 32.22222°N 35.26111°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.
Gallery
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Nablus Media
Coin minted in Nablus (Neapolis), in the name of Emperor Volusian, 251-253 CE
Ruins from antiquity (foreground) in a residential area in Nablus, 2008
Minaret and entrance of 10th-century Great Mosque of Nablus, 1908
Interior view of the An-Nasr Mosque, converted from a Crusader church to a mosque in the 13th century
Nablus in the 1780s, by Louis-François Cassas.
Nablus from the 1871–1877 PEF Survey of Palestine
Nablus in 1857, photo by Francis Frith
Nablus, by W. C. P. Medlycott, in H. B. Tristram, 1865
Nablus in 1898 Description given at the source: "(...) photo of Nablous, (Shechem). It was made in 1898 by the Photography Department of the American Colony Jerusalem." (text from same source)
Other websites
- 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)