Yarim
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A town in the province of Ibb in Yemen
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[edit] Geography
It lies in the heart of the Yemen Highlands, on an upland plateau dominated by the massif of nearby Mount Sumarah, which rises to about 10,000 feet above sea level.
[edit] History
In antiquity the Yarim area was the core of the state of Himyar, which ruled over much of southern Arabia from about 115 BC to about AD 575; the Himyarite capital of Thifar was about 9 miles south of Yarim. [1]
[edit] Etymology
Ar'ama (verb) derived into Aram, A'rm, Yareem, Maryama it refers to the highlands. Its appears in villages names in the Western mountain regions of Yemen, Asir and Syria.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Yarim entry in the Britannica Britannica entry on Yarim
- ^ Al-Suliehi, Merwan Tadharees Al Yaman
