Yemen
Ibb Governorate
As Saddah District

Zafar

Ẓafār, also Romanized Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in , some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a, and c.
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  • Type: Village with 403 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Yemen
  • Also known as: “Dhafar”, “Z̧afār”, “Zafar, Yemen”, “Zaffar”, and “Z̧affār”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yarim.

Town
is a town in of . Located in the highlands, is approximately halfway between , Yemen's capital, and Taizz. The ruins of Zafar, an ancient Himyarite site, are 10 kilometers southeast of the town. is situated 10 km north of Zafar.

Zafar

Latitude
14.21225° or 14° 12′ 44″ north
Longitude
44.40287° or 44° 24′ 10″ east
Population
403
Elevation
2,685 metres (8,809 feet)
Open location code
7H666C63+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1223208428
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7359715
Wiki­data ID
Q140131
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Zafar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ظفار (اليمن)”
  • Arabic: “ظفار حمير”
  • Arabic: “ظفار يريم”
  • Arabic: “ظفار”
  • Bengali: “জাফর”
  • Catalan: “Zafar”
  • Chinese: “采法尔”
  • Croatian: “Zafar”
  • Dutch: “Zafar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ظفار يريم”
  • Finnish: “Zafar”
  • French: “Zafar”
  • German: “Zafar”
  • Hebrew: “ט’פאר”
  • Igbo: “Zafar”
  • Irish: “Zafar”
  • Italian: “Zafar”
  • Japanese: “ザファール”
  • Macedonian: “Зафар”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zafar”
  • Persian: “ظفار، یمن”
  • Persian: “ظفار”
  • Polish: “Zafar”
  • Portuguese: “Zafar (Iêmen)”
  • Portuguese: “Zafar”
  • Russian: “Зафар”
  • Serbian: “Зафар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zafar, Jemen”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zafar”
  • Spanish: “Dhafar”
  • Spanish: “Zafar”

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