Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
| al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | اللبّن الشرقية |
| • Also spelled | al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyyeh (official) |
Khan Lubban, south of Lubban ash-Sharqiya
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| Coordinates: 32°04′16″N 35°14′28″E / 32.07111°N 35.24111°ECoordinates: 32°04′16″N 35°14′28″E / 32.07111°N 35.24111°E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/164 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 12,075 dunams (12.1 km2 or 4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,500 |
| Name meaning | "the milk (white)"; from the white cliff beyond the village |
| 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. The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary.
The site has been identified with the Biblical village of "Lebonah" (Judges 21:19), though others prefer a tell on a rise to the south. Byzantine pottery has been found. The village was known as "Lubanum" to the Crusaders.
In 593 H, Muhammed Ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Makhzumi al-Lubanni was born in the village. He went on to become a qadi at Baalbek, and died in 658 H / 1260 CE.
In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. 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, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives.
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863, and found it to be in a poor state, but with beautiful old elements as part of the houses. The population was estimated to be 300.
In the 1882 Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), the village was described as being perched on a terrace on the hill, with ancient tombs close by.
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