Al Mahwit
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Al Mahwit ({{langx|ar|المحويت}} Al-Maḥwīt) is the capital city of Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen. It is located at an elevation of about 2000 metres.
The History
File:Al Mahwit, Haraz Mountains, Yemen (4324669551).jpg
Al-Mahwit's development is fairly recent compared to some other Yemeni settlements. Its first known historical mention is in 1599 (1007 AH), in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Robert T.O. |title=Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen |date=1989 |publisher=Georg Olms AG |location=Germany |page=296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnMrAAAAMAAJ |access-date=9 February 2021}}
The old town of Al-Mahwit is situated around a mountain fortress. Until the 1970s, Al Mahwit was extremely isolated. The town had a population of about 10,000 in the early 1980s, after which infrastructure was developed and water, sanitation and electricity added.{{cite book|last=Burrowes|first=Robert D.|title=Historical Dictionary of Yemen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjXRfqBv_0UC&pg=PA230|year=2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-5528-1|page=230}}
Geography
The area is mountainous, set in the Haraz Mountains and attracts trekkers.{{cite book|last=Hämäläinen|first=Pertti|title=Yemen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCYuAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|isbn=978-0-86442-603-1|page=148}} Al-Mahwit is surrounded by several wadis such as Wadi Sama'a, Wadi Eyan, Wadi Juma't Saria, Wadi Hawar, Wadi Bour, Wadi Al- Hawdh, Wadi Thabab, Wadi Laa'a, Wadi Al-Ahjer and Wadi Naa'wan. Numerous villages are spread in the area that were built on and around rocks.
=Climate=
Al Mawhit has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWk) with warm days and cool nights, typical of Yemen's highlands. Rain is concentrated in spring and summer, with a dry gap between the two rainy seasons. April, July and August are the only months with significant precipitation.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Al Mahwit
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 22.6
| Feb high C = 24.8
| Mar high C = 25.7
| Apr high C = 25.4
| May high C = 26.7
| Jun high C = 29.0
| Jul high C = 27.4
| Aug high C = 27.0
| Sep high C = 26.4
| Oct high C = 23.5
| Nov high C = 21.6
| Dec high C = 21.1
| Jan mean C = 13.8
| Feb mean C = 15.4
| Mar mean C = 17.2
| Apr mean C = 17.8
| May mean C = 19.3
| Jun mean C = 20.7
| Jul mean C = 21.1
| Aug mean C = 20.9
| Sep mean C = 19.3
| Oct mean C = 16.7
| Nov mean C = 14.5
| Dec mean C = 13.6
| Jan low C = 5.1
| Feb low C = 6.0
| Mar low C = 8.7
| Apr low C = 10.2
| May low C = 12.0
| Jun low C = 12.5
| Jul low C = 14.8
| Aug low C = 14.8
| Sep low C = 12.2
| Oct low C = 9.9
| Nov low C = 7.5
| Dec low C = 6.1
|Jan precipitation mm=8
|Feb precipitation mm=11
|Mar precipitation mm=27
|Apr precipitation mm=51
|May precipitation mm=29
|Jun precipitation mm=7
|Jul precipitation mm=46
|Aug precipitation mm=71
|Sep precipitation mm=16
|Oct precipitation mm=5
|Nov precipitation mm=10
|Dec precipitation mm=8
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/54923/
|title = Climate: Al Mahwit |publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = November 5, 2017}}
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