Khalaqah Explained

Khalaqah
Native Name:خلقة
Settlement Type:Village
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:Sanaa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hamdan
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Yemen Standard Time
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:15.5021°N 43.9341°W[1]
Elevation M:2562

Khalaqah (Arabic: خلقة) 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geonames.org. Khalaqah. 1 March 2021.
  2. Book: Wilson . Robert T.O. . Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen . 1989 . Georg Olms AG . Germany . 156 . 24 February 2021.