Yemen
Lahij Governorate
Al Milah District

Al Sawda

Nashshan is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present day , originally independent but later subsumed into the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Ma'in between the 6th and 4th centuries BC.
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  • Type: Village with 734 residents
  • Description: ancient city in Yemen
  • Also known as: “Al Sawdā”, “Al-Sawda”, “As Sauda”, “As Sawdā’”, “Madīnat Nashān”, “Nashan”, and “Nashshan”

Al Sawda

Latitude
13.46194° or 13° 27′ 43″ north
Longitude
44.84917° or 44° 50′ 57″ east
Population
734
Open location code
7H56FR6X+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1225434621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q20191087
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Irish—“Al Sawda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السوداء”
  • Arabic: “‏مدينة نشان”
  • Arabic: “نشان”
  • Catalan: “Al-Sawda”
  • Catalan: “Naixan”
  • Catalan: “Nashan”
  • Catalan: “Nashshan”
  • Dutch: “Al-Sawda”
  • Dutch: “Naschān”
  • French: “Al Sawda”
  • German: “Al Sawda”
  • German: “Naschān”
  • Greek: “Νασάν”
  • Irish: “Al-Sawda”
  • Irish: “Nashan”

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