Haz ( ) is a large village in
Hamdan District
Hamdan District () is a Districts of Yemen, district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a population of 85,370 inhabitants. It is named after the ancient Yemeni tribe of Banu Hamdan, Hamdan.
Populated places (incomplete list)
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Sanaa Governorate
Sanaa ( '), 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-Asema ...
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Yemen
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It is an old settlement, with archaeological remains dating back to the pre-Islamic period, and it is also mentioned by name in pre-Islamic inscriptions.
During that period, it was the capital of the tribe of
Humlan.
It was described by the 10th-century writer
al-Hamdani, but it had a relatively uneventful history during the middle ages and is absent from most historical narratives from the period.
References
Villages in Sanaa Governorate
Hamdan District
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