Hajjah

Hajjah () is the capital city of Hajjah Governorate in north-western Yemen. It is located 127 kilometres northwest of Sanaa, at an elevation of about 1800 metres. As of 2003, the Hajjah City District had a population of 53,887 inhabitants.

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Settlement.native_name: حَجَّة
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Hajjah 01.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
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: Hajjah
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hajjah
Settlement.population_total: 53887
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: Yemen Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +3

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Instance of: town
Country: Yemen
Population: 46568
Area: 43.10
Elevation: 1800
Capital of: Hajjah Governorate
Image: Hajjah 01.jpg
Households: 6789

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Commons category: Hajjah
male population: 28582
female population: 25305
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Etymology
History
Climate
References

== Etymology == According to Arab traditions, the name Hajjah came from Hajjah Ibn Aslam Ibn Ali Ibn Hashid. Some traditions say that Hajjah was also called Hajour, all the tribes in Hajjah are branches from Hajour tribe.

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