[3] It is the only governorate in the West Bank where the majority of control of land is under the Palestinian National Authority.

[8] Following the dissolution of the Turabay Emirate, the region later forming the Tubas Governorate belonged to Jabal Nablus.

With the help of rural trading partners, these urban notables established trading monopolies that transformed Jabal Nablus’ autarkic economy into an export-driven market, shipping vast quantities of cash crops and finished goods to off-shore markets.

Increasing demand for these commodities in the Ottoman Empire’s urban centers and in Europe spurred demographic growth and settlement expansion in the lowlands surrounding Jabal Nablus.

[9][10] During the first six months of the First Intifada the Israeli army shot dead 59 people in Jenin Governorate.