History
In the late 19th century, Sabbarin was described as a "large" village with about 600 inhabitants, who cultivated 55 faddans (1 faddan =100-250 dunums) of land.
By 1944/1945, the village had a total of 12,773 dunums of land used for cereals; while 45 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.
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