| al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | اللبّن الشرقية |
| • Also spelled | al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyyeh (official) |
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al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
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| Coordinates: | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 12,075 dunams (12.1 km2 / 4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,500 |
| Name meaning | "the Eastern Frankincense" |
| Website | www.allubban.org.ps |
al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Arabic: اللبّن الشرقية) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 20 kilometers south of Nablus, 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]
The village was known as Lubanum to the Crusaders.[3]
Under the name Lubban as-Sawi, the village appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 85 Muslim households. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, summercrops, olives, and goats or beehives.[4]
At the time of the 1931 census, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had 116 occupied houses and a population of 474 Muslims and one Christian.[5]
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