Bayt al-Faqīh (Yemen)

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Name (Latin)
Bayt al-Faqīh (Yemen)
Other forms of name
Beit Faqih (Yemen)
Beit-el-Fakih (Yemen)
Bait al-Faqīh (Yemen)
Beit el-Faqīh (Yemen)
Coordinates
43.31666667 43.31666667 14.51666667 14.51666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Yemen (Republic)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 144260585
Wikidata: Q579291
Library of congress: n 81130649
Sources of Information
  • BGN 9/9/81(Bayt al Faqīh, ppl, 14°13ʹN, 43°19ʹE; variants: Beit Faqih, Beit-el-Fakih, Bait al Faqīh, Beit el-Faqīh)
  • Geosurvey International Ltd. Bayt al Faqīh, 1980 (subj.)map recto (Bayt Al Faqīh)
  • BGN 9/9/81(Bayt al Faqīh, ppl, 14p0s13ʹN, 43p0s19ʹE; variants: Beit Faqih, Beit-el-Fakih, Bait al Faqīh, Beit el-Faqīh)

Wikipedia description:

Bayt al-Faqīh or Beit al-Faqih (archaic Betelfaguy; Arabic: بيت الفـــقية Bayt al-Faqīh, 'House of the Jurist') is a city in Al Hudaydah Governorate in Yemen. It is located on the pilgrimage and trade route across the Tihamah plain between Al Hudaydah and Taiz. It is 50 km south of Al Hudaydah and 150 km southwest of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa and lies at an altitude of 122 m. Its population was 28,773 in the 1994 census and was estimated at 41,652 in 2005.

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