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Khalaqah

Coordinates: 15°30′07″N 43°56′03″E / 15.50208°N 43.93413°E / 15.50208; 43.93413
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Khalaqah
خلقة
Village
Khalaqah village gatehouse
Khalaqah village gatehouse
Khalaqah is located in Yemen
Khalaqah
Khalaqah
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°30′07″N 43°56′03″E / 15.50208°N 43.93413°E / 15.50208; 43.93413[1]
Country Yemen
GovernorateSanaa
DistrictHamdan
Elevation8,406 ft (2,562 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Khalaqah (Arabic: خلقة Khalaqah) is a village and corresponding 'uzlah in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] The 10th-century writer al-Hamdani mentioned it in his Sifat Jazirat al-Arab, but it is absent from most other medieval and early modern historical sources.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Khalaqah". Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 156. Retrieved 24 February 2021.