Abasan al-Kabera
| Abasan al-Kabera |
| Other transcription(s) |
| • Arabic |
عبسان الكبيرة |
| A Mosque in Abasan al-Kabera |
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Location of Abasan al-Kabera within the Palestinian territories
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| Coordinates: |
| Governorate |
Khan Yunis |
| Government |
| • Type |
City |
| Population (2006) |
| • Jurisdiction |
19,000 |
Abasan al-Kabera in (Arabic: عبسان الكبيرة) is a Palestinian town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. The town is connected with Khan Yunis city by a local street that crosses other villages like Bani Suheila and Khuza'a. Abasan al-Kabera and the nearby village of Abasan al-Saghira, have in recent years been built up to each other so that they form a larger urban area around Khan Yunis.
The population of the town is approximately 19,000, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and depends mostly on agriculture as the main source of income.[1] Moreover, small industry is involved with producing construction supplies like bricks and agricultural implements, while some residents work in commerce. The society is strongly influenced by tribal structure so, there are many extended families such as,M'ssabih, Alshawaf, Abu Mustafa, Abu Tair, Abu Dagga, Abu Tabash, Abu subha and Abu Amer. The families generally turn to custom to solve disputes amongst themselves.
History
The site of the town was inhabited in the Roman era and 606 AD, and has several ruins dating from those periods. Furthermore, there are also some archaeological sites that related to Islamic era and the period prior the Islam like "Ibrahim" shrine. Some historians link the people of Abasan to the "Abes family".
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