Tubas (city)

Tubas
Municipality type A (City)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	طوباس
• Latin	Toubas (official) Tubass (unofficial)
Tubas skyline
Tubas Location of Tubas within the West Bank Show map of the West Bank Tubas Location of Tubas within Palestine Show map of State of Palestine
Coordinates: 32°19′20″N 35°22′07″E / 32.32222°N 35.36861°E / 32.32222; 35.36861
Palestine grid	185/192
State	Palestine
Governorate	Tubas
Government
• Type	City
Area
• Total	295,123 dunams (295.1 km2 or 113.9 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	21,431
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Website	www.tubas.ps

Tubas (/ˈtjuːbəs/; Arabic: طوباس, Tûbâs) is a city in Palestine in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, west of the Jordan Valley. A city of over 21,000 inhabitants,^[1] it serves as the economic and administrative center of the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine. Its urban area consists of 2,271 dunams (227 hectares). It is governed by a municipal council of 15 members and most of its working inhabitants are employed in agriculture or public services.

Tubas has been identified as the ancient town of Thebez (/ˈθiːbɛz/), a Canaanite town famous for revolting against King Abimelech. During the late 19th century, during Ottoman rule in Palestine, Arab clans living in the Jordan Valley came to live in Tubas, and it became a major town in the District of Nablus, particularly known for its timber and cheese-making. It came under the British Mandate of Palestine in 1922, was annexed by Jordan after their capture of the town in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and then occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. The Palestinian National Authority has had control of Tubas since the city was transferred to its jurisdiction in 1995.