Yemen
Sanaa Governorate
Hamdan District

Al-Munaqqab

Al-Munaqqab is a village in Hamdan District of , . It lies to the north of the road between and , and is built on a small hill of porous volcanic rock, with some houses being built directly into the hillside.
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  • Type: Village with 2,200 residents
  • Description: place in San‘a’, Yemen
  • Also known as: “Al Munaqqab”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rayshan Bani Matar and Al ʽArashi.

Village
Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah.

Village
Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah. is situated 2½ km east of Al-Munaqqab.

Village
is a large village in Hamdan District of , . It is an old settlement, with archaeological remains dating back to the pre-Islamic period, and it is also mentioned by name in pre-Islamic inscriptions. is situated 4½ km north of Al-Munaqqab.

Al-Munaqqab

Latitude
15.47698° or 15° 28′ 37″ north
Longitude
44.01735° or 44° 1′ 3″ east
Population
2,200
Elevation
2,629 metres (8,625 feet)
Open location code
7H76F2G8+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1226375922
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
403741
Wiki­data ID
Q4702948
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Al-Munaqqab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المنقب”
  • Dutch: “Al-Munaqqab”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المنقب”
  • French: “Al Munaqqab”
  • German: “Al Munaqqab”
  • Irish: “Al-Munaqqab”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Munaqqab”
  • Persian: “ال-موناکاب”
  • Persian: “الموناکاب”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al-Munaqqab”. Photo: JamesA, CC BY-SA 3.0.