Qabalan
Qabalan | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قبلان |
| • Latin | Kubalan (unofficial) |
Qabalan | |
Location of Qabalan within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′07″N 35°17′17″E / 32.10194°N 35.28806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 177/167 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 8,195 |
| 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 8,195 inhabitants in 2017.