Al Jaws

Al Jaws is a hamlet in Al Madan district, ‘Amran Governorate and has about 31 residents and an elevation of 2,105 metres. Al Jaws is situated nearby to the hamlet Bayt al Matri, as well as near Al Ha’it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shaharah.

Shaharah

Town

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shaharah is a large mountain village and seat of Shaharah District of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. The village "lies at 2600 metres and overlooks mountainous bulging swells to the south and shimmering hot plains to the north." It lies on top a sharp mountain of the same name, Jabal Shaharah, which is a spur of Jabal al-Ahnum, with its sides and top under extensive cultivation. Shaharah is situated 8 km southeast of Al Jaws.

Al Jaws

Type: Hamlet with 31 residents
Description: village in Yemen
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Al Madan district, ‘Amran Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

16.22064° or 16° 13′ 14″ north

Longitude

43.63929° or 43° 38′ 21″ east

Population

Elevation

2,105 metres (6,906 feet)

Open location code

7H856JCQ+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6936555851

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

8020385

Wikidata ID

Q20303209

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbo-Croatian—“Al Jaws” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الجوس”
Serbo-Croatian: “Al Jaws, ‘Amran”
Serbo-Croatian: “Al Jaws, ’Amran”

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