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Hababah, Yemen

Coordinates: 15°32′39″N 43°52′32″E / 15.54418°N 43.87563°E / 15.54418; 43.87563
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Hababah
حبابة
Village
Hababah is located in Yemen
Hababah
Hababah
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°32′39″N 43°52′32″E / 15.54418°N 43.87563°E / 15.54418; 43.87563[1]
Country Yemen
Governorate'Amran
DistrictThula
Elevation8,543 ft (2,604 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Hababah (Arabic: حبابة, romanizedḤabābah) is a small town and 'uzlah in Thula District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is located between Thula and Shibam Kawkaban.[2] Its population was 9,496 people, according to the census conducted in 2004.

Name and history

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According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Hababah is named after Ḥabābah ibn Lubākhah, of the tribe of Himyar.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Ḩabābah". Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 127–8. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 12 February 2021.