Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya

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. The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had a population of 2,465 in the 2007 census. The population is primarily made up of two clans, the Daraghmeh and Awaysa. Currently, the village's unemployment rate is about 51%.

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