Beihan
Sign in to savethumb|Beihan from the ground. Beihan (), also known as Bayhan al Qisab (), is a town in western Yemen. The town had 13,234 inhabitants as of 2004. It was formerly the capital city of Emirate of Beihan, and today is the capital of Bayhan District in the Shabwah Governorate.
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Place details
- Locality
- الكربة
- Region
- محافظة شبوة
- Country
- اليمن
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Asia/Aden
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Beihan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Approching-Beihan 1967 TG.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Beihan in the 1960s
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Yemen
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Yemen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shabwah
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Yemen
- Located in
- Bayhan District
- Elevation
- +1717
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Emirate of Beihan
- Image
- Kasr Al-sultan-Bihan.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
4 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Notable natives
- See also
- References
thumb|Beihan from the ground. Beihan (), also known as Bayhan al Qisab (), is a town in western Yemen. The town had 13,234 inhabitants as of 2004. It was formerly the capital city of Emirate of Beihan, and today is the capital of Bayhan District in the Shabwah Governorate.
==Overview== Geographically, Beihan is a valley connected between Al Bayda in the north-west, Ma'rib in the east and Ataq in the south. It is a fertile valley irrigated by water streams fall from the northern mountains as well as from the dug wells. The main cultivated crops are dates, cereals and citrus and people depend on livestock to a large extent to survive. Nonetheless, people increasingly adopt trade and exchange/commerce, in addition to incorporate in government business.