Qaratil | |
Native Name: | قراتيل |
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: | 15.425°N 44.051°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2621 |
Qaratil (Arabic: قراتيل) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] [2] It is located a bit to the south of the road between Sanaa and Shibam Kawkaban.[2]
The earliest known historical mention of Qaratil is in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, in connection with the events of the year 1056 (448 AH)[2]