Maswar district
Maswar District is a district of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 38,432 inhabitants. In the early 20th century, the mountain village was visited by German explorer and photographer, Hermann Burchardt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 38,400 residents
- Description: District of ‘Amran Governorate, Yemen
- Also known as: “Maswar” and “Maswar District”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hajjah and Bayt ʽIdhaqah.
Hajjah
Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hajjah is the capital city of Hajjah Governorate in north-western Yemen. It is located 127 kilometres northwest of Sana'a, at an elevation of about 1800 metres. As of 2003, the Hajjah City District had a population of 53,887 inhabitants. Hajjah is situated 7 km northwest of Maswar district.
Bayt ʽIdhaqah
Town
Bayt ʽIdhaqah is a large village in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Maswar District. It is the district's largest village and its principal market, with a souk meeting on Thursdays. Bayt ʽIdhaqah is situated 7 km southeast of Maswar district.
Maswar district
- Category: district of Yemen
- Location: Sharas District, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Maswar district” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية مسور”
- Arabic: “مسور”
- Cebuano: “Maswar”
- Chinese: “Maswar Koān”
- French: “Maswar”
- Hausa: “Gundumar Maswar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Maswar Koān”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maswar-distriktet”
- Persian: “شهرستان مسور”
- Persian: “ناحیه مسور”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Maswar, ‘Amran”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Maswar, ’Amran”
- Urdu: “مسور ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Maswar”
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