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Kahil Village

The remote and isolated Haraz mountain area is literally undiscovered. Reliable trekking maps of the Haraz mountains are non existent.

Haraz Mountains, Sana’a, Yemen

Coordinates:15.020229, 43.751446

Nearby Places

Kahil: village above the clouds, This village is located in an area at the peak of rocky peak mountains that are not easily accessible. Difficulty in the accessibility of this village had an advantage to its residents as the terrain act as a defense to the inhabitants against possible invaders.

Image Sources

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Rod Waddington
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_waddington/24427568620/in/photostream/

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By yeowatzup – En route Kahil to Manakhah, Yemen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24520743

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By Rod Waddington – https://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_waddington/23185876182/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54034607

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By yeowatzup – En route Kahil to Manakhah, Yemen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24520744

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By yeowatzup – Kahil, Haraz Mountains, Yemen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24520752

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By Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia – Kahil Village, Yemen, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29766008