Abasan al-Kabera
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Abasan al-Kabera in is a Palestinian
town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate
in the southern Gaza Strip
. The town is connected with Khan Yunis
city by a local street that crosses other villages like Bani Suheila
and Khuza'a
. Abasan al-Kabera and the nearby village of Abasan al-Saghira
, have in recent years been built up to each other so that they form a larger urban area around Khan Yunis.
The population of the town is approximately 19,000, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
and depends mostly on agriculture as the main source of income. Moreover, small industry is involved with producing construction supplies like bricks and agricultural implements, while some residents work in commerce. The society is strongly influenced by tribal structure so, there are many extended families such as,M'ssabih, Alshawaf, Abu Mustafa, Abu Tair, Abu Dagga, Abu Tabash, Abu subha and Abu Amer. The families generally turn to custom to solve disputes amongst themselves.
and 606 AD, and has several ruins dating from those periods. Furthermore, there are also some archaeological sites that related to Islamic era and the period prior the Islam like "Ibrahim" shrine. Some historians link the people of Abasan to the "Abes family".
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The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...
town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate
Khan Yunis Governorate
The Khan Yunis Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority, located in the southern Gaza Strip. Its district capital is Khan Yunis. The governorate has a total population of approximately 280,000...
in the southern Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
. The town is connected with Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis - often spelt Khan Younis or Khan Yunnis - is a city and adjacent refugee camp in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the city, its refugee camp, and its immediate surroundings had a total population of 180,000 in 2006...
city by a local street that crosses other villages like Bani Suheila
Bani Suheila
Bani Suheila is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the population of Bani Suheila had grown from 8,220 in 1945 to 32,800 people in mid-year 2006....
and Khuza'a
Khuza'a (town)
Khuza'a is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khuza'a had a population of 9,700 inhabitants,...
. Abasan al-Kabera and the nearby village of Abasan al-Saghira
Abasan al-Saghira
Abasan al-Saghira is a Palestinian agricultural town located 2km southeast of Khan Yunis in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 5,650 Muslim inhabitants....
, have in recent years been built up to each other so that they form a larger urban area around Khan Yunis.
The population of the town is approximately 19,000, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is the statistical organization under the umbrella of the Palestinian Cabinet of the Palestinian National Authority....
and depends mostly on agriculture as the main source of income. Moreover, small industry is involved with producing construction supplies like bricks and agricultural implements, while some residents work in commerce. The society is strongly influenced by tribal structure so, there are many extended families such as,M'ssabih, Alshawaf, Abu Mustafa, Abu Tair, Abu Dagga, Abu Tabash, Abu subha and Abu Amer. The families generally turn to custom to solve disputes amongst themselves.
History
The site of the town was inhabited in the Roman eraIudaea Province
Judaea or Iudaea are terms used by historians to refer to the Roman province that extended over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel...
and 606 AD, and has several ruins dating from those periods. Furthermore, there are also some archaeological sites that related to Islamic era and the period prior the Islam like "Ibrahim" shrine. Some historians link the people of Abasan to the "Abes family".
External links
- http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/_Abasan_al_Kabir_541/ar/index.htmlAbasan al-Kabera (Arabic languageArabic languageArabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
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