Ar Rakabah
Ar Rakabah is a suburb in Al Madan district, ‘Amran Governorate and has about 13 residents and an elevation of 2,112 metres. Ar Rakabah is situated nearby to the suburb Suhaylah, as well as near Ar Rus.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaharah.
Shaharah
Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaharah is a large mountain village and seat of Shaharah District of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. The village "lies at 2600 metres and overlooks mountainous bulging swells to the south and shimmering hot plains to the north." It lies on top a sharp mountain of the same name, Jabal Shaharah, which is a spur of Jabal al-Ahnum, with its sides and top under extensive cultivation. Shaharah is situated 8 km southeast of Ar Rakabah.
Ar Rakabah
- Type: Suburb with 13 residents
- Description: village in Al Madan District, Yemen
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al Madan district, ‘Amran Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
16.22682° or 16° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
43.64501° or 43° 38′ 42″ eastPopulation
13Elevation
2,112 metres (6,929 feet)Open location code
7H856JGW+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6936965076OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8020375Wikidata ID
Q20301520
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbo-Croatian—“Ar Rakabah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الركبة”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ar Rakabah, ‘Amran”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ar Rakabah, ’Amran”
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