Assafi’yah District

Assafi'yah District is a district of the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, . As of 2003, the district had a population of 109,109 inhabitants.
Wikipedia
  • Type: District with 109,000 residents
  • Description: district in Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen
  • Also known as: “As Safiyah”, “Aş Şāfīyah”, and “Assafi’yah district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Revolution Hospital and Al-Saleh Mosque.

Hospital
is the largest hospital in , located in the capital of Sana'a, immediately southwest of Ghumdan Palace. It is one of the largest building complexes in the city. This hospital may also be known as Al Thawra .

Mosque
Photo: Om Eshak, CC BY 4.0.
is a modern mosque in Sana'a that is the largest in . It lies in the southern outskirts of the city, south of .

Hospital
, also El Sabeen Maternity and Child Hospital, is a hospital in Sana'a, . It is located in the south of the city, immediately north of the Saleh Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sana’a and ʽAttan.

Photo: yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0.
Sana'a is the capital of , located in the and generally the first destination for travellers to that country. See the Stay safe section of this article and the Yemen country page for important safety advice.

Neighborhood
, also transliterated as ʽIttan and known historically as ʽAḍudān, is a village in Bani Matar District of , . It is a short distance southwest of , with the two being separated by a long, low hill.

Assafi’yah District

Latitude
15.3379° or 15° 20′ 17″ north
Longitude
44.2355° or 44° 14′ 8″ east
Population
109,000
Elevation
2,366 metres (7,762 feet)
Open location code
7H7686QP+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1222642573
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­district
Geo­Names ID
6940660
Wiki­data ID
Q4117279
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Satellite Map

Discover Assafi’yah District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Assafi’yah District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الصافية”
  • Arabic: “مديرية الصافية”
  • Armenian: “ալ-Սաֆիա համայնք”
  • Cebuano: “Assafi’yah”
  • Chinese: “Assafi’yah Koān”
  • French: “As Safiyah”
  • German: “As Safiyah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Assafi’yah Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assafi’yah-distriktet”
  • Persian: “ناحیه الصافیة”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Assafi’yah, Amanat Al Asimah”
  • Thai: “อำเภออัศศอฟิยะฮ์”
  • Urdu: “الصافیہ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Assafi’yah”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Al Majd and Ibn Khaldun.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alhoda mosque and مسجد الحسنين.

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