Dahyan
Dahyan, sometimes rendered as Dhahyan or Duhyan, is a town in Saada Governorate in north-western Yemen. It is the birthplace of Badreddin al-Houthi, father of Hussein al-Houthi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 13,900 residents
- Description: town in Yemen
- Also known as: “`Ozlat Dahyan”, “Ḑaḩyān”, “Dhahyan”, and “Duhyan”
Dahyan
- Category: city
- Location: Saada Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
17.067° or 17° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
43.6079° or 43° 36′ 29″ eastPopulation
13,900Elevation
1,975 metres (6,480 feet)Open location code
7H953J85+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 6936594808OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
8736710Wikidata ID
Q12220509
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Dahyan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضحيان، صعدة”
- Arabic: “ضحيان”
- Arabic: “عزلة ضحيان”
- Asturian: “Dahyan”
- Chinese: “达海安”
- Chinese: “達海安”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضحيان”
- Korean: “다흐얀”
- Slovenian: “Dahjan”
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