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al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Arabic: اللبن الشرقية) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 20 kilometers south of Nablus and adjacent to its sister village al-Lubban al-Gharbi, in the Nablus Governorate. The town has a total land area of 12,075 dunams of which 200 dunams is built-up area. Most of the remainder of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya's lands are grown with almonds, figs and olive groves.[1]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had a population of 2,500 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2] The population is primarily made up of two clans, the Dharaghma and Awaysa. Currently, the village's unemployment rate is about 51%.[1]
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