Tulkarm Governorate
The Tulkarm Governorate ( '; ') is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of Palestine located in the north-western West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 square kilometres. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 172,800 inhabitants. The "muhafaza" or district capital is the city of Tulkarm.