Irqa

{{Infobox settlement

| name = {{ayin}}Irqa

| native_name = العرقة

| native_name_lang = ar

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| coordinates = {{Coord|13.6485|47.3516|region:ye|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Yemen}}

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Shabwah Governorate

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| pushpin_map = Yemen

| pushpin_label_position = top

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Yemen

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{{ayin}}Irqa (Arabic: العرقة) is a village in the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen.{{Cite web|url=http://fallingrain.com/world/YM/05/Al_Irqah.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Al {{ayin}}Irqah, Yemen|website=fallingrain.com|access-date=2019-06-26}} In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was an independent city-state known as the Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXfYAQAAQBAJ|title=Western Arabia & The Red Sea|last=Naval|date=2013-10-28|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136209956|location=|pages=345|language=en|quote=The 'Abdali Sultanate of Lahej and the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Mukalla are sufficiently organized to be described as states, while other territories, such as the Sheikhdom of 'Irqa, consist of a single town.}} In December 2011, during the Yemeni Revolution, it was the site of an ambush.{{Cite web|url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/yemen-situation-report/yemen-crisis-situation-reports-update-112|title=Yemen Situation Report|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Katherine|last2=Sullivan|first2=Marisa|date=5 December 2011|website=Critical Threats|access-date=2019-06-26}}