Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya


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arname=اللبن الشرقية
meaning="the Eastern Frankincense"
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latd=32|latm=04|lats=15.69|latNS=N
longd=35|longm=14|longs=27.58|longEW=E
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population=2,500
popyear=2006
area=12,075
areakm=12.1
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al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya ( _ar. 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. [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1189 Colonists from Ma'ale Levona destroy dozens of olive trees in Al Lubban Ash Sharqiya village] Land Research Center 2007-10-22]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had a population of 2,500 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop06.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics] The population is primarily made up of two clans, the Dharaghma and Awaysa. Currently, the village's unemployment rate is about 51%.

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