Abasan al-Saghira | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | عبسان الصغيرة |
• Latin | Abasan al-Jadida (official) |
Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°20′25.85″N 34°20′40.57″E / 31.3405139°N 34.3446028°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Khan Yunis |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 9,290 |
Abasan al-Saghira (Arabic: عبسان الصغيرة) is a Palestinian agricultural town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern Gaza Strip. It is located 2 km southeast of Khan Yunis. According to the 2017 census conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 9,290.[1]
In 1886, at the end of the Ottoman era, Abasan al-Saghira consisted of about ten huts, with old building stones.[2]
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abassan (presumably both Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan al-Saghira) had a population of 695; all Muslims,[3] increasing in the 1931 census (when they were clearly counted together) to 1144, still all Muslim, in 186 houses.[4]
In the 1945 statistics the two Abasans were still counted together, and had a population of 2,230, all Muslims,[5] with 16,084 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[6] Of this, 92 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 15,616 used for cereals,[7] while 69 dunams were built-up land.[8]