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Sanaa is located on a plain of the same name, the Haql Sanaa, which is over 2,200m above sea level. The plain is roughly 50–60 km long north–south and about 25 km wide, east–west, in the area north of Sanaa, and somewhat narrower further south.
Bayt ʽAdhran (Arabic: بيت عذران Bayt ‘Adhrān) is a small village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located to the west of Sanaa , at the top of the hills overlooking the western edge of the Sanaa plain.
Sanaa (Arabic: صَنْعَاء Ṣanʿāʾ), also spelled San'a ' or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, 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. The Governorate covers an area of 13,850 km 2 (5,350 sq mi). As ...
Bayt Baws (Arabic: بيت بوس Bayt Baws) is a historic village and fortress in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. [1] [2] It is a largely deserted Jewish settlement. [3] It is located to the south of Sanaa, in a strategic position on the western side of the Sanaa plain. [2]
It is located in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, [1] [3] at the southern end of the Sanaa plain. [3] Hizyaz is the site of one of Sanaa's power stations, which as of 2020, due to the damages caused to Sanaa's energy infrastructure during the Yemeni Civil War, was the main remaining supplier of Sanaa's public electricital network. [4]
It is on the Sanaa plain, a bit south of the point where the Wadi Zahr opens out onto the plain. [2] Before 2015, Dhahaban's power station was the main source of power in the Sanaa metro area, although the city's main supplier of electricity was the power plant in Ma'rib. [3]
The city of Sana'a was the military center of the pre-Islamic kingdom of the Sabeans and was an important center for the Himyarite Kingdom. [3] The mosque, commissioned by Muhammad, who instructed for its construction within the garden of the Persian governors, [6] was built upon the ruins of Sheba's Ghumdan Palace, [1] between the two areas of Sana'a at the time: al-Qati and al-Sirar. [7]
It is located at the northern end of the Sanaa plain, just east of the road from Sanaa to 'Amran. [2] Of volcanic origin, it marks the high point between the Sanaa plain and the al-Bawn plain. [ 2 ] Regarded as a sacred site since pre-Islamic times, Jabal Din points approximately to Mecca when viewed from Sanaa. [ 2 ]