Al Lubban ash Sharqiya

al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	اللبّن الشرقية
• Also spelled	al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyyeh (official)
Khan Lubban, south of Lubban ash-Sharqiya
al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya Location of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°04′16″N 35°14′28″E / 32.07111°N 35.24111°E / 32.07111; 35.24111Coordinates: 32°04′16″N 35°14′28″E / 32.07111°N 35.24111°E / 32.07111; 35.24111
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.

Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya is bordered by Qaryut and As Sawiya to the east, As Sawiya, Iskaka and Salfit to the north, Khirbet Qeis to the west, and 'Abwein and Sinjil to the south.

Some have identified the site with the Biblical village of "Lebonah" (Judges 21:19), though others prefer a tell on a rise to the south. Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic, Hellenistic/Roman and Byzantine era have been found, as have sherds from the Umayyad/Abbasid eras.

The village was known as "Lubanum" to the Crusaders, and sherds from Crusader/Ayyubid have also been found here.