Huth | |
Native Name: | حوث |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Yemen |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Amran |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Huth |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 16.2311°N 43.9685°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 1889 |
Huth (Arabic: حوث) is a town in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Huth District.[1] It is located on the route between Sanaa and Sa'dah, on a plateau to the north of the Bawn plains.[2]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Huth is named after ‘Abdullah b. al-Sabi‘, who was also called Huth and belonged to the tribe of Hashid. The name was initially applied both to a tribe and to its territory, with the modern town of Huth possibly serving as its capital. Medieval Huth was probably most important as a stopping point on the Sanaa-Sa'dah route, rather than as a strategic or administrative center.[2]