Tulkarm | People, City, & Palestinian Territories
Tulkarm, also spelled Tulkarem, Arabic Ṭūlkarm, town in the northwestern portion of the West Bank, situated along the 1949 Armistice Line that delineates the West Bank from Israel. It lies about 15 miles (25 km) west of the West Bank city of Nablus and 10 miles (15 km) east of the Israeli city of Netanya and the Mediterranean coast. The historical and economic significance of Tulkarm lies in its strategic location. It sits along the western foothills of the Nablus mountains at an elevation of about 410 feet (125 metres). In premodern times its elevation above the coastal wetlands to
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