Uzlah ( ar, عزلة,

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Uzaal ;

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: عزل) is one of the regional

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that are native to

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. 'Uzlah was a sub-division of

Mikhlaf ''Mikhlaf'' ( ar, مخلاف, plural ''Makhleef''; ) was an administrative division in ancient Yemen and is a geographical term used in Yemen. According to Ya'qubi there were eighty-four Mikhlaf in Yemen. The leader of the Mikhlaf is called ''Q ...

. However, the Mikhleef system isn't used anymore by the

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so it is now an administrative sub-division of a

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and it comprises the number of villages or markets.

Etymology

The word 'Uzlah means loneliness in Arabic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uzlah Ancient history of Yemen Palaces in Yemen Geography of Yemen Types of administrative division