Qabalan
| Qabalan | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قبلان |
| • Also spelled | Kubalan (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°06′07″N 35°17′17″E / 32.10194°N 35.28806°ECoordinates: 32°06′07″N 35°17′17″E / 32.10194°N 35.28806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 177/167 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
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| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 7,130 |
| Name meaning | Fronting, or possibly from Kublan, a corruption of the Turkish word for lion. |
Qabalan (Arabic: قبلان) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 19 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 7,130 inhabitants in 2007.
Qabalan is located 13.4 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by Aqraba and Jurish to the east, Talfit and As Sawiya to the south, As Sawiya and Yatma to the west, and Beita and Osarin to the north.
Potsherds from the Iron Age I and Iron Age II have been found here.
The SWP noted that: "the ruin to the east [of the village] consists of heaps of stones".
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and it appeared in the 1596 tax-records as Qabalan, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 4 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 2,410 Akçe. Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.
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