Irqa

ʽIrqa is a village in the in . In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was an independent city-state known as the Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa. In December 2011, during the Yemeni Revolution, it was the site of an ambush.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in Yemen
  • Also known as: “‘Arqa”, “‘Irka”, “‘Irqah”, “Al ‘Irqah”, “Al `Irqah”, and “Irqa, Al ‘Irqah, ‘Irka, ‘Arqa, ‘Irqah, Irqa, Al Irqah, Irka, Arqa, Irqah”

Irqa

Latitude
13.65258° or 13° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
47.36772° or 47° 22′ 4″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7H59M939+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1225468200
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
79346
Wiki­data ID
Q65051446
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Irqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العرقة”
  • Catalan: “Irka”
  • Catalan: “Irqa”
  • Catalan: “Irqah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العرقه”
  • French: “Irqa”
  • German: “Irqa”
  • Russian: “Эль-Ирка”

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