As Sunnatayn

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as-Sunnatayn
السنتين
Village
as-Sunnatayn is located in Yemen
as-Sunnatayn
as-Sunnatayn
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°57′50″N 43°58′16″E / 15.96376°N 43.97109°E / 15.96376; 43.97109Coordinates: 15°57′50″N 43°58′16″E / 15.96376°N 43.97109°E / 15.96376; 43.97109[1]
Country Yemen
Governorate'Amran
DistrictKhamir
Elevation
[1]
8,430 ft (2,570 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

As Sunnatayn (Arabic: السنتين as-Sunnatayn), also transliterated as al-Sinnatayn, is a village in Khamir District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located a bit to the south of Khamir.[2]

History[]

identified As Sunnatayn with the al-Sinnatān mentioned in the 10th century writer al-Hamdani in his geographic work . According to him, it is also referred to by as being adjacent to the territory of , although the reading is uncertain.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. As Sunnatayn". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 192–3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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