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Kawkaban : ウィキペディア英語版
Kawkaban

Kawkaban ((アラビア語:كوكبان)) is a town in the northern-western part of Yemen, containing a fortified citadel about 2800 m above sea level. The city is built upon a precipitous hilltop, walled from the north and fortified naturally from the other directions. It was a capital of Bani Sharaf Al-Deen in the 9th century AH (15th century CE). It was also home to a Jewish community, until its demise in the mid-20th century. The city affords a good prospect of the surrounding countryside.
The city features several old mosques: ''Almadrasa'', ''Almansoor'', ''Alsharefa'' and ''Harabat''. The old market is located in the middle of the city. Old rainwater reservoirs can also be seen in the fortified town, named ''Meseda'', ''Alasdad'', and ''Sedalhamam''.
In the early 20th century, the mountain village was visited by German explorer and photographer, Hermann Burchardt, who wrote in May 1902: “Kawkaban, a now completely deserted town that still 40 years ago counted 30,000 inhabitants, but now hardly holds a few hundred; () also has its Jewish quarter, where still some families live.”〔Hermann Burchardt, ''Die Juden in Yemen'', in: “Ost und West”, Berlin 1902, p. 340.〕 Of the city's more popular citizens was the renowned Jewish poet, Zechariah Dhahiri.
== Etymology ==
The name "Kawkaban," or "two stars", is said to be derived from two ornate palaces that are built in the city, and which are said to have resembled stars at night.

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