Hababah, Yemen

Hababah
حبابة
Village
Hababah is located in Yemen
Hababah
Hababah
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°32′39″N 43°52′32″E / 15.54418°N 43.87563°E / 15.54418; 43.87563
Country Yemen
Governorate'Amran
DistrictThula
Elevation
8,543 ft (2,604 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Hababah (Arabic: حبابة, romanized: Ḥabābah) is a small town and 'uzlah in Thula District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located between Thula and Shibam Kawkaban. Its population was 9,496 people, according to the census conducted in 2004.

Name and history

According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Hababah is named after Ḥabābah ibn Lubākhah, of the tribe of Himyar.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geonames.org. Ḩabābah". Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 127–8. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 12 February 2021.