Thaqban
Thaqban (Arabic: ثقبان Thaqbān) is a village in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located just south of the point where the Wadi Zahr opens out onto the Sanaa plain.[2] It is part of the 'uzlah of Qaryat al-Qabil.[2]
Thaqban
ثقبان | |
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Village | |
  Thaqban Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15.43982°N 44.1487°E[1] | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Sanaa |
| District | Hamdan |
| Elevation | 7,454 ft (2,272 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Name and history
The 10th-century writer al-Hamdani related a legend about the village of Thaqban in his Iklil and wrote that Thaqban takes its name from one Thaqban b. Nawf b. Sharaḥbīl, of the tribe of Himyar.[2]
References
- "Geonames.org. Thaqbān". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 111, 345. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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