Tulkarm city website
Tulkarm is a Palestinian city located in the far north of Palestine, at the confluence of longitude 35.1 and latitude 19. The city of Tulkarm rises from sea level from fifty-five meters to one hundred and twenty-five meters, and Tulkarm is sixteen kilometers away from the sea, and about three kilometers from Jerusalem. Ninety kilometers, and fifty-three kilometers from Jenin. Tulkarm was named by this name in relation to the large number of vineyards in it, and the word Tulkarm means the house of the vineyard.
Tulkarm residents
The origin of the inhabitants of the city of Tulkarm goes back to the Banu Bahra’, and they are a group from the Quda’ah tribe, which is one of the Arab tribes that descended in Tulkarm. Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, the companion of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was affiliated with this group. After the nineteenth century, the city of Tulkarm became a center for the Banu Saab.
Farming
Agriculture is considered a profession for 36% of the population of the city of Tulkarm, as the area of agricultural land in Tulkarm reached about four thousand five hundred dunums, and fruit trees ranked first in agricultural crops, while field crops occupied the second place, and vegetables ranked third.
Tourist sites
- Khirbet Irtah: This khirbet is characterized by its inclusion of a grape press built of stone and decorated with white mosaics. The Mamluk and Fatimid eras are indicated by the remnants of pottery. In Khirbet Artah, there is the shrine of the daughters of the Prophet Jacob, consisting of two floors, the first floor is Roman, and the second floor is Islamic. The Islamic floor contains two rooms of two domes as well as a courtyard.
- * Khirbet Nisf Jbeil: This khirbet is located in the southeast of Pharaoh, and al-Zahir in Piers divided this khirbet between two commanders.
- Kor village: It includes many buildings dating back to the Mamluk and Ottoman eras. Some of the buildings are about XNUMX meters long and XNUMX meters wide. There are tombs carved into the rock in this village, in addition to many terraces. It should be noted that the leader, al-Zahir Baybars, built This village when he campaigned to rid Jerusalem of the Crusaders.
- Khirbet al-Burj: This khirbet includes a group of remains of the tower, traces of foundations and arches, as well as traces of a water pool.
- Khirbet Um Sur: This khirbet includes remains of buildings, columns, cisterns, and a reservoir.
- Shufa Village: This village is surrounded by Roman towers, and it also includes a Roman military barracks, which is Khirbet Samara, as well as Al-Barqawi Castle.
