ʽAsr

Qaryat ʽAsr
قرية عصر
Village
Qaryat ʽAsr is located in Yemen
Qaryat ʽAsr
Qaryat ʽAsr
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°09′38″E / 15.34826°N 44.16058°E / 15.34826; 44.16058[1]
Country Yemen
GovernorateSanaa
DistrictMa'ain
Elevation
[1]
7,667 ft (2,337 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

ʽAsr, or Qaryat ʽAsr (Arabic: قرية عصر Qaryat ‘Aṣr), also transliterated as ʽAsir, is a western suburb of Sanaa, Yemen,[2] located in Main District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate.[1] It is located just north of the road to al-Hudaydah, at the western edge of the Sanaa plain.[3] The name ʽAsr is also used for the small wadi by the town, as well as the mountain nearby.[3]

History

ʽAsr is mentioned in both the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn and the Kitab al-Simt of Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Yami al-Hamdani, with the earliest reference to it taking place in the year 1198 (594 AH).[3]

In recent decades, ʽAsr has grown from a village into a major suburb of Sanaa, driven in part by the presence of an existing souk, which has grown into a center of commercial activity.[2] The growth is also fueled by some industries relocating to ʽAsr.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Qaryat 'Aşr". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Stadnicki, Roman; Touber, Julie (2008). "Le grand Sanaa Multipolarité et nouvelles formes d'urbanité dans la capitale du Yémen". Annales de Géographie. 117 (659): 32–53. doi:10.3917/ag.659.0032. JSTOR 23457582.
  3. ^ a b c Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 245–6. Retrieved 8 February 2021.