Qabalan

Qabalan
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]

  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

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