Al-Lubban al-Gharbi (Arabic: اللبّن الغربيّ) is Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 21 kilometers northwest of Ramallah and adjacent to its sister village al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,500 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
Al-Lubban al-Gharbi has a total land area of 9,694 dunams, of which 335 are built-up area. Most of the remaining land is either grown with olive and almond orchards or open for continued expansion of the village. However, the Israeli West Bank barrier will separate 59% of Lubban al-Gharbi's land from the village's urban area. The village's infrastructure facilities include an elementary school a kindergarten, and two clinics.[2]
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