Khalaqah
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Khalaqah
خلقة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Khalaqah village gatehouse | |
  Khalaqah Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°30′07″N 43°56′03″E / 15.50208°N 43.93413°E[1] | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Sanaa |
| District | Hamdan |
| Elevation | 8,406 ft (2,562 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Khalaqah (Arabic: خلقة Khalaqah) is a village and corresponding 'uzlah in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] The 10th-century writer al-Hamdani mentioned it in his Sifat Jazirat al-Arab, but it is absent from most other medieval and early modern historical sources.[2]