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Story of Jamma'in: the town of white stone

A town 16 km south-west of Nablus, famous for stone considered among the finest in the world, with about 28,000 dunams of land.

Jamma'in is known across Palestine for its stone quarries, which became the economic identity of its people. About 4,200 of its 28,000 dunams are built-up, and it has schools, mosques and service institutions.

Source: Wikipedia (English) ? "Jamma'in" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamma'in