Al-Munaqqab
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|other_name = المنقب
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|subdivision_name1 = Sanaa
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|subdivision_name2 = Hamdan
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Al-Munaqqab ({{langx|ar|المنقب}} {{Transliteration|ar|al-Munaqqab}}) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Robert T.O. |title=Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen |date=1989 |publisher=Georg Olms AG |location=Germany |pages=320–21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnMrAAAAMAAJ |access-date=7 February 2021}} It lies to the north of the road between Sanaa and Shibam Kawkaban, and is built on a small hill of porous volcanic rock, with some houses being built directly into the hillside. It was the site of a minor fortress during the late medieval and early modern period, and is first mentioned in historical records in 683 AH (1284 CE).