The District of Tulkarm was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Tulkarm

Tulkarm

Tulkarem or Tulkarm is a Palestinian city in the northern Samarian mountain range in the Tulkarm Governorate in the extreme northwestern West Bank adjacent to the Netanya and Haifa districts to the west, the Nablus and Jenin Districts to the east...

. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...

, the district disintegrated, the western part became part of the Central District of Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 and the eastern part, became a part of the West Bank

West Bank

The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

 (annexed by Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

). Most of the eastern part is today the Tulkarm Governorate

Tulkarm Governorate

The Tulkarm Governorate is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority located in the northwestern West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 square kilometers. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a...

, part of the Palestinian National Authority

Palestinian National Authority

The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...

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Depopulated settlements

Bayt Lid, Khirbat

Bayt Lid, Khirbat

Khirbat Bayt Lid was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated by its Arab inhabitants during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....

Bayyarat Hannun

Bayyarat Hannun

Bayyarat Hannun was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm, in the area which is now Israel. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on March 31, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 16 km west of Tulkarm.-Bibliography:...

Fardisya

Fardisya

Fardisya was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on April 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 2.5 km south of Tulkarm. Fardisya was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single deserted house. The Crusaders referred to...

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ghabat Kafr Sur was a mixed Palestinian Arab and Jewish village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 15, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing...

al-Jalama, Tulkarm

Al-Jalama, Tulkarm

Al Jalama or Khirbat al Jalama was a Palestinian Arab village north of Tulkarm. Situated close to the eastern banks of a valley of the same name , it was inhabited during the Crusader and Mamluk periods, and again in Ottoman period by villagers from nearby Atlit...

Kafr Saba

Kafr Saba

Kafr Saba was a Palestinian-Arab village famous for its shrine dating to the Mamluk period and for a history stretching back for more than a millennium...

al-Majdal, Khirbat

Al-Majdal, Khirbat

Khirbat al Manshiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km north of Tulkarm....

al-Manshiyya

Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm

Al-Manshiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948 under Coastal Clearing. It was located 12.5 km northwest of Tulkarm....

Miska

Miska

Miska was a Palestinian village, located fifteen kilometers southwest of Tulkarem, depopulated in 1948.-History:Miska was founded by descendants of the Arabian tribe of Miskain in the 7th century Islamic conquest of Palestine....

Qaqun

Qaqun

Qaqun was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain....

Raml Zayta

Raml Zayta

Raml Zayta was a Palestinian Arab village located 15 km northwest of Tulkarm. In 1945, the village had a population of 140. Raml Zayta was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine...

Tabsur

Tabsur

Tabsur , also Khirbat 'Azzun , was a Palestinian village located 19 kilometres southwest of Tulkarem. In 1931, the village had 231 houses and an elementary school for boys. It was depopulated before the outbreak of 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-History:...

Umm Khalid

Umm Khalid

Umm Khalid , also called Mukhalid, was a Palestinian village in the District of Tulkarm, west of Tulkarm. It was an ancient site in the central coastline of what is now the city of Netanya, Israel.-History:...

Wadi al-Hawarith

Wadi al-Hawarith

Wadi al-Hawarith was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm...

Wadi Qabbani

Wadi Qabbani

Wadi Qabbani , also known as Khirbat ash Sheik Husein was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was probably depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 as part of Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 12 km northwest of Tulkarm.In...

al-Zababida, Khirbat

Al-Zababida, Khirbat

Khirbat al Zababida was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located southwest of Tulkarm, south of the Wadi al-Faliq. Khirbat al-Zababida was mostly destroyed except for four deserted houses....

Zalafa, Khirbat