Razih district
The district of Razih ( Arabic مديرية رازح, DMG mudiriyyat Rāziḥ ) is a district in the western part of Sa'da Governorate , Yemen . In 2003 the district had 62,915 inhabitants. Since then, the numbers have likely increased through Operation Scorched Earth (عملية الأرض المحروقة) have changed a lot. The district has always been a transit area. The area was "hotly contested both during the Turkish era and during the civil war."
Architectural style
In the 20th century, the district was still very traditional. The residents cultivated an open exchange and increasingly traded with neighboring regions. This was reflected in the architecture. The multi-storey houses were mainly built with a light gray, granite-like stone. Only small air holes and loopholes were made on the lower floors, while larger windows and decorations were also present on the upper floors. In this way they differed significantly from the construction of the Munabbih district .
literature
- Annegret Nippa: Home and Family in Arab Countries . From the Middle Ages to the present. (Beck's Archaeological Library). CH Beck, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-406-34603-0 .
- André Gingrich , Johann Heiss: Contributions to the ethnography of the province Sa'da (North Yemen) . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-7001-0741-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Districts of Yemen. Statoids, accessed October 23, 2010 .
- ^ A. Gingrich, J. Heiss: Contributions to the ethnography of the Sa'da province (North Yemen). 1986.
- ^ A. Nippa: House and Family in Arab Countries. 1991, pp. 71f.
Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ' N , 43 ° 25' E