Hizyaz
حزيز | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Hizyaz Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°13′42″N 44°15′12″E / 15.22839°N 44.25338°E[1] | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Sanaa |
| District | Sanhan |
| Elevation | 7,674 ft (2,339 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Hizyaz (Arabic: حزيز Ḥizyaz), also spelled Hezyaz, is a town in Yemen, on the far southern outskirts of the capital Sanaa.[2] It is located in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate,[1][3] at the southern end of the Sanaa plain.[3] Hizyaz is the site of one of Sanaa's power stations, which as of 2020 is the main remaining supplier of Sanaa's public electricital network.[4]
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Ḩizyaz". Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Stadnicki, Roman; Touber, Julie (2008). "Le grand Sanaa Multipolarité et nouvelles formes d'urbanité dans la capitale du Yémen". Annales de Géographie. 117 (659): 44. doi:10.3917/ag.659.0032. JSTOR 23457582.
- ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 136. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Yemen (2020). Sana'a City Profile (PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2021.