Kousba [kusbʌ] (Arabic: كوسبا) is a village in the Koura District, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. Kousba has around 5,000 residents, most of which are Greek Orthodox.^[1]

According to the elderly residents of this town, the name Kousba comes from the word "hidden" because of how it lies between mountains.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

Kousba's surface is 6.02 square kilometers, with an altitude of 500 meters.^[2]

Kousba is situated 18 km south of Tripoli and 12 km east of Chekka. A main road that runs from Chekka to Bsharri (called "Chekka Arz Highway") passes through Kousba.

There are many landmarks in Kousba, including ancient historical monuments, touristic attractions, religious sites,^[3] sport clubs, teaching institutions and social clubs^{[citation needed]}.

In 1953, Kousba's population was 1,732, making it the second most populous village in the Koura District after Amyoun.^[4] Its population has since increased to about 5,000 residents.^{[citation needed][when?]} Statistics from the 2004 municipal elections indicated that Kousba had 7,193 registered voters—of which 4,940 voted.^[2]

In 2014, Christians made up 94.96% of registered voters in Kousba. 79.10% of the voters were Greek Orthodox and 13.09% were Maronite Catholics.^[5]

There are 23 companies in Kousba that have more than five employees.^[2]

There were 311 students enrolled in its two public schools in 2002.^[2]

Kousba has one medical center^{[citation needed]} but no hospitals.^[2]

Abdullah, Andraous, Antoun, Atieh, Awad, Ayoub, Azar, Bchara, Braheem, Chehade, Dannawi, Fadil, Farah, Fayad, Ghazi, Gosen, Greij, Habib, Hakeem, Hanna, Haykal, Ibrahim, Isaac, Israel, Jabbour, Kamar, Kanaan, Kheir, El-Khoury, Manssour, Mitri, Moussa, Nahas, Namey, Nasr, Nassar, Rihana, Roumi, Saab, Saba, Saddic, Sarkis, Sarraf, Sassine, El-Tom, Wakeem, Yacoub, Younis, Youssef, Zeidan and El Zalameh.^[6]

• Kousba Archived 2016-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban (in English)
• Kousba Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban (in French)
• http://www.kousba.gov.lb Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.hamatoura.com/