Tulkarm

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Tulkarm (Arabic طولكرم Tulkarm, Tulkarm DMG (often Tulkarem ) ) is a city in the Palestinian territories. In Tulkarm put two words: ( Tul طول ) this means in Arabic "Long" and ( Krm | كرم / عنب ) in Arabic means " grape ", ie " long - grapes ". Supposedly there were long fields of grapes. However, there is also an older different view of how the city is called: "Tel - alkrm ". Here also put two words in it: ( Tel | تل ) this means in Arabic "hill" and (Al- Krm | العنب / الكرم ) in Arabic means " the grape" so "Grape Hill".

Geographical location

Tulkarm is located near the Green Line on the edge of the coastal plain in a very fertile area with subtropical moderate climate. The city is cut off by the Israeli separation barrier, which runs on Palestinian territory beyond the Green Line, from their neighboring community Jubarah.

History

During the First World War, the city was connected to the railway, when the Ottoman military train in Palestine drove forward their narrow gauge route of the Hedschasbahn coming over the routes Haifa and Afula - Nablus Daraa south. The advancing from the south British used the Ottoman route to Tulkarm, conducted their coming from the Sinai railway standard gauge track but the north-west in the direction of Haifa on. The Palestinian railway operation on both routes, wherein the compound Haifa - Tulkarm - Qantara (Cairo ) which was more important by far. By demarcation, which was created in the wake of the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, the main line of the border at Tulkarm was cut twice. On the Israeli side, a bypass track was soon built for the main line and the operation resumes. The operation of the narrow-gauge railway was discontinued. So Tulkarm lost his train connection again.

General Information

The city has about 55,000 Arab residents ( 2005). Agriculture is an important industry. It produces citrus fruits, melons, olives, tomatoes, potatoes, wheat, sesame, peanuts, eggplant, peppers, beans, grapes and guavas.

Personalities

  • Ekrem Akurgal - Turkish archaeologist who was born in 1911 in Tulkarm
  • Khaled Abu Toameh - Journalist
  • Queen Rania of Jordan - Your parents are refugees from Tulkarm
  • Shakeeb Dallal, politicians
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