Al-Qusaibah

Al-Qusaibah

القصيبة
El Kossaybeh
El Qsaïbé
Al-Qusaibah القصيبة El Kossaybeh; El Qsaïbé
Municipality
	Al-Qusaibah Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°20′01″N 35°23′48″E / 33.33361°N 35.39667°E
Grid position	118/155 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Nabatieh District
Government
• Mayor	Hassan Rachid Mehdi
• Mayor	Najib Wehbe
Elevation	1,300 ft (400 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,400
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
postal code	71374
Area code	+961 - (07 - South Lebanon)

Al-Qusaibah (Arabic: القصيبة, romanized: al-Quṣaybah), sometimes El Kossaybeh or El Qsaïbé, is municipality in Nabatieh Governorate on the northern side of the Litani River.

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Qusayba, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif, part of Safad Sanjak, with a population of 26 households and 7 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, cotton, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 4,300 akçe.

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 300 inhabitants, mostly Metualis and some Greek Orthodox. The mosque was possibly a former church.

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.62% of registered voters in Al-Qusaibah. 99.49% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

References

↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186
↑ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 528
↑ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/القصيبة/المذاهب/

Bibliography

Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2017-12-04.

External links

Qsaibeh (Nabatiyeh), Localiban

[Hutteroth-1] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186

[2] Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9

[3] Guérin, 1880, p. 528

[4] ttps://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/القصيبة/المذاهب/

v t e Nabatieh District, Nabatieh Governorate
Capital: Nabatieh
Towns and villages	Aadshit Ain Bouswar Ain Qana Ansar Arabsalim Arnoun Aazze Braiqaa Deir ez-Zahrani Ad-Doueir Ebba Habboush Harouf Houmin al-Fawqa Houmin al-Tahta Jarjouaa Jbaa Jibshit Kfar Fila Kfar Reman Kfar Sir Kfar Tebnit Kfaroue Al-Kfour Mayfadoun Nabatieh al-Fawqa Al-Numairiyah Qaaqaait al-Jisr Al-Qusaibah Roumin Sarba Al-Sharqiyah Shoukin Sini Sir el Gharbiyeh Toul Yohmor Zawtar al-Gharbiyah Zawtar al-Sharqiyah Zebdin Zefta
Notable landmarks	Beaufort Castle Tourist Landmark of the Resistance

Al-Qusaibah القصيبة El Kossaybeh El Qsaïbé
Municipality
Al-Qusaibah Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°20′01″N 35°23′48″E / 33.33361°N 35.39667°E / 33.33361; 35.39667
Grid position	118/155 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Nabatieh District
Government
• Mayor	Hassan Rachid Mehdi
• Mayor	Najib Wehbe
Elevation	1,300 ft (400 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,400
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
postal code	71374
Area code	+961 - (07 - South Lebanon)