| Abasan al-Saghira | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Arabic: عبسان الصغيرة |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Abasan al-Jadida (official) |
| Type: | Municipality type B |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 31.3405°N 34.3446°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khan Yunis |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 9,290 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
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.
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]
