Kfar Shouba
Kfar Shouba
كفرشوبا | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 33°19′41″N 35°41′33″E / 33.32806°N 35.69250°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Hasbaya District |
| Area | |
• Total | 37 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| (including its hills) | |
| Elevation | 1,256 m (4,121 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,000 (another 8,500 people from the village are living abroad) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Kfar Shouba (Arabic: كفرشوبا), also known as Kfarshouba and Kafr Shuba, is a municipality in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon. The people of the village are Sunni Muslims. It is situated in the region of Arkoub, at 1256 m above sea level and 130 km from Beirut. Located near the border of Israel and the Golan Heights, not far from the Shebaa Farms, it overlooks in depth both Israel and the Lebanese Bekaa, which makes it a strategic military location.