Qabalan

Qabalan ( ar, قبلان) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 7,130 inhabitants in 2007.2007 PCBS Census
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.110.

Location

Qabalan is located 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.

History

Potsherds from the Iron Age I and Iron Age II have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 656

The SWP noted that: "the ruin to the east f the villageconsists of heaps of stones".

Ottoman era

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.

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

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."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p
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British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Qabalan'' had a population of 771 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 936 Muslims, in 207 houses.Mills, 1932, p
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In the 1945 statistics Qabalan had a population of 1,310, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p
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Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,867 inhabitants.

1967, aftermath

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.Shin Bet: Israel's Extreme Rightists Organizing Into Terror Groups
Chaim Levinson and Oz Rosenberg, Sep. 13, 2011, Haaretz

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External links

*http://qabalan.org
Welcome to Qabalan
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:
IAA Wikimedia commons Qabalan town profile
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Qabalan, aerial photo
ARIJ
Development Priorities and Needs in Qabalan
ARIJ
{{Nablus Governorate

Towns in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine