This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The Nablus Governorate (Arabic: محافظة نابلس Muḥāfaẓat Nāblus) is an administrative district of Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem.

It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza (seat) of the governorate.

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.

[2][3] During the first six months of the First Intifada 85 people were killed in Nablus Governorate by the Israeli army.