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'''Qabalan''' ({{lang-ar|قبلان}}) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town in the [[Nablus Governorate]] in the eastern [[West Bank]], located {{convert|19|km|mi|sp=us}} southeast of [[Nablus]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), the town had a population of 7,130 inhabitants in 2007.<ref name="PCBS">[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census]. [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]. p.110.</ref>
'''Qabalan''' ({{lang-ar|قبلان}}) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town in the [[Nablus Governorate]] in the eastern [[West Bank]], located {{convert|19|km|mi|sp=us}} southeast of [[Nablus]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), the town had a population of 8,195 inhabitants in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />

==Location==
==Location==
Qabalan is located {{convert|13.4|km|mi|sp=us}} south of [[Nablus]]. It is bordered by [[Aqraba, Nablus|Aqraba]] and [[Jurish]] to the east, [[Talfit]] and [[As Sawiya]] to the south, As Sawiya and [[Yatma]] to the west, and [[Beita, Nablus|Beita]] and [[Osarin]] to the north.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194627/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qabalan_vp_en.pdf Qabalan town profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>
Qabalan is located {{convert|13.4|km|mi|sp=us}} south of [[Nablus]]. It is bordered by [[Aqraba, Nablus|Aqraba]] and [[Jurish]] to the east, [[Talfit]] and [[As Sawiya]] to the south, As Sawiya and [[Yatma]] to the west, and [[Beita, Nablus|Beita]] and [[Osarin]] to the north.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194627/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qabalan_vp_en.pdf Qabalan town profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>

Qabalan sits atop a slope that descends into a small, fertile valley.<ref name="Finkelstein656" />


==History==
==History==
[[Sherd|Potsherds]] from the [[Ancient_Near_East#Iron_Age|Iron Age I]] and Iron Age II have been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein656>Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 656</ref>
[[Sherd|Potsherds]] from the [[Ancient Near East#Iron Age|Iron Age I]] and Iron Age II have been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein656>Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 656</ref>

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The [[PEF Survey of Palestine|SWP]] noted that: "the ruin to the east [of the village] consists of heaps of stones".<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/358/mode/1up 358]</ref> [[Israel Finkelstein|Finkelstein]] noted that "most of the area of the present village is relatively modern".<ref name="Finkelstein656" />


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The SWP noted that: "the ruin to the east [of the village] consists of heaps of stones".<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/358/mode/1up 358]</ref>
===Ottoman era===
===Ottoman era===
In 1517, the village was included in the [[Ottoman empire]] with the rest of [[History of Palestine#Ottoman era|Palestine]], and it appeared in the 1596 [[Defter|tax-records]] as ''Qabalan'', located in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Nablus Sanjak|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]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131</ref> Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein656/>
In 1517, the village was included in the [[Ottoman empire]] with the rest of [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]], and it appeared in the 1596 [[Defter|tax-records]] as ''Qabalan'', located in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Nablus Sanjak|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]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131</ref> Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein656/>


In 1838 [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]] noted ''Kubalan'' on the south side of the valley, "surrounded by vineyards and large groves of olive and fig trees."<ref>Robinson and Smith, vol 3, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n109/mode/1up 92]</ref> It was located in ''El-Beitawy'' district, east of Nablus.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/128/mode/1up 128]</ref>
In 1838 [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]] noted ''Kubalan'' on the south side of the valley, "surrounded by vineyards and large groves of olive and fig trees."<ref>Robinson and Smith, vol 3, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n109/mode/1up 92]</ref> It was located in ''El-Beitawy'' district, east of Nablus.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/128/mode/1up 128]</ref>


In 1882, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Kubalan'' as: "a village of moderate size, on high ground, with olives round it, and [[Water well|wells]]."<ref name=SWP288>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/288/mode/1up 288]</ref>
In 1882, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s ''[[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine]]'' (SWP) described ''Kubalan'' as: "a village of moderate size, on high ground, with olives round it, and [[Water well|wells]]."<ref name=SWP288>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/288/mode/1up 288]</ref>


===British Mandate era===
===British Mandate era===
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]], conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], ''Qabalan'' had a population of 771 Muslims,<ref>Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n27/mode/1up 25]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 936 Muslims, in 207 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 63]</ref>
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]], conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], ''Qabalan'' had a population of 771 Muslims,<ref>Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n27/mode/1up 25]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 936 Muslims, in 207 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 63]</ref>


In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]] Qabalan had a population of 1,310, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p19>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p19.jpg 19]</ref> with 8,290 [[dunam]]s of land, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nablus/Page-060.jpg 60]</ref> Of this, 3,948 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,383 were used for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Nablus/Page-107.jpg 107]</ref> while 71 dunams were built-up land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nablus/Page-157.jpg 157]</ref>
In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]] Qabalan had a population of 1,310, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p19>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p19.jpg 19]</ref> with 8,290 [[dunam]]s of land, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nablus/Page-060.jpg 60]</ref> Of this, 3,948 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,383 were used for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Nablus/Page-107.jpg 107]</ref> while 72 dunams were built-up land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nablus/Page-157.jpg 157]</ref>


===Jordanian era===
===Jordanian era===
In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Qabalan came under [[Jordan]]ian rule.
In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Qabalan came under [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian rule]].


The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,867 inhabitants.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p26.pdf 26]</ref>
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,867 inhabitants.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p26.pdf 26]</ref>

===1967, aftermath===
===1967, aftermath===
{{see also|Mount Sabih|Evyatar}}
After the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Qabalan has been under [[Israel]]i occupation along with the rest of the Palestinian territories.
Since the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Qabalan has been under [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli occupation]] along with the rest of the Palestinian territories.


According to [[Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem|ARIJ]], 67% of the village land is in [[Area B]], while the remaining 33% is in [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]]. There have been a number of attacks on the people of Qabalan, their land and property from the nearby [[Israeli settlement]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194627/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qabalan_vp_en.pdf Qabalan town profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref><ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/shin-bet-israel-s-extreme-rightists-organizing-into-terror-groups-1.384099 Shin Bet: Israel's Extreme Rightists Organizing Into Terror Groups], Chaim Levinson and Oz Rosenberg, Sep. 13, 2011, [[Haaretz]]</ref>
After the [[Oslo II Accord|1995 accords]], 67% of the village land is in [[Palestinian enclaves|Area B]], while the remaining 33% is in [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]]. There have been a number of attacks on the people of Qabalan, their land and property from the nearby [[Israeli settlement]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194627/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qabalan_vp_en.pdf Qabalan town profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref><ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/shin-bet-israel-s-extreme-rightists-organizing-into-terror-groups-1.384099 Shin Bet: Israel's Extreme Rightists Organizing Into Terror Groups], Chaim Levinson and Oz Rosenberg, Sep. 13, 2011, [[Haaretz]]</ref>
== Demography ==
According to the geographer David Grossman, the inhabitants of Qabalan trace their origins to the town of [[Halhul]] near [[Hebron]], the village of [[Kafr Atiyya]] near [[Nablus]], and areas in present-day [[Syria]].<ref>Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in '''Shomron studies'''. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J. B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book|editor1=Finkelstein, I.| editor1-link= Israel Finkelstein|editor2=Lederman, Zvi|year=1997|title=Highlands of many cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hA59tgAACAAJ |location=[[Tel Aviv]]|publisher= Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section| isbn = 965-440-007-3}}
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*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher= }}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|authorlink=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=Wolf-Dieter |first2=Kamal | last2=Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=Wolf-Dieter |first2=Kamal | last2=Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
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*{{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
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*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161010195136/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/images/english/Qabalan_ap_en.jpg Qabalan, aerial photo], ARIJ
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161010195136/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/images/english/Qabalan_ap_en.jpg Qabalan, aerial photo], ARIJ
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031428/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Qabalan_Needs_EN.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Qabalan], ARIJ
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031428/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Qabalan_Needs_EN.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Qabalan], ARIJ

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[[Category:Towns in the West Bank]]
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Qabalan
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicقبلان
 • LatinKubalan (unofficial)
Qabalan
Qabalan
Qabalan is located in State of Palestine
Qabalan
Qabalan
Location of Qabalan within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°06′07″N 35°17′17″E / 32.10194°N 35.28806°E / 32.10194; 35.28806
Palestine grid177/167
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total8,195
Name meaningFronting, or possibly from Kublan, a corruption of the Turkish word for lion.[2]

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 8,195 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

Location

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Qabalan is located 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi) 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.[3]

Qabalan sits atop a slope that descends into a small, fertile valley.[4]

History

[edit]

Potsherds from the Iron Age I and Iron Age II have been found here.[4]

The SWP noted that: "the ruin to the east [of the village] consists of heaps of stones".[5] Finkelstein noted that "most of the area of the present village is relatively modern".[4]

Ottoman era

[edit]

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.[6] Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[4]

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted Kubalan on the south side of the valley, "surrounded by vineyards and large groves of olive and fig trees."[7] It was located in El-Beitawy district, east of Nablus.[8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kubalan as: "a village of moderate size, on high ground, with olives round it, and wells."[9]

British Mandate era

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In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qabalan had a population of 771 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 936 Muslims, in 207 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics Qabalan had a population of 1,310, all Muslims,[12] with 8,290 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 3,948 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,383 were used for cereals,[14] while 72 dunams were built-up land.[15]

Jordanian era

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In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Qabalan came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,867 inhabitants.[16]

1967, aftermath

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See also: Mount Sabih and Evyatar

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qabalan has been under Israeli occupation along with the rest of the Palestinian territories.

After the 1995 accords, 67% of the village land is in Area B, while the remaining 33% is in Area C. There have been a number of attacks on the people of Qabalan, their land and property from the nearby Israeli settlements.[17][18]

Demography

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According to the geographer David Grossman, the inhabitants of Qabalan trace their origins to the town of Halhul near Hebron, the village of Kafr Atiyya near Nablus, and areas in present-day Syria.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 237
  3. ^ Qabalan town profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. ^ a b c d Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 656
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 358
  6. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
  7. ^ Robinson and Smith, vol 3, p. 92
  8. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  9. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 288
  10. ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  11. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 63
  12. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  13. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 60
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157
  16. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
  17. ^ Qabalan town profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  18. ^ Shin Bet: Israel's Extreme Rightists Organizing Into Terror Groups, Chaim Levinson and Oz Rosenberg, Sep. 13, 2011, Haaretz
  19. ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356

Bibliography

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