Irqa

ʽIrqa
العرقة
ʽIrqa
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 13°38′55″N 47°21′06″E / 13.6485°N 47.3516°E / 13.6485; 47.3516
Country Yemen
GovernorateShabwah Governorate

ʽIrqa (Arabic: العرقة) is a village in the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was an independent city-state known as the Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa. In December 2011, during the Yemeni Revolution, it was the site of an ambush.

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