Bani Matar District

Bani Matar District (Arabic: مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر‎, romanized: Mudīriyyat Banī Maṭar) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 100,012 inhabitants.[1]

Bani Matar District

مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر
District
Bani Matar Waterfall
Coordinates:
CountryYemen
GovernorateSanaa
Population
 (2003)[1]
 • Total100,012
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Environment
Jabal Hadhur[2][3][4] or Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb, Arabia's highest mountain[5][6]

In this district is located Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur[2][3][4] of the Harazi subrange of the Sarat range, the highest mountain in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula.[5][6]

References
  1. "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  2. زبارة, محمد بن محمد بن يحيى اليمني/الصنعاني (1998-01-01). نيل الوطر من تراجم رجال اليمن في القرن الثالث عشر 1-2 ج1 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah (دار الكتب العلمية). ISBN 978-2-7451-2623-8.
  3. Gazetteer of Arabia. II [1044] (81/688). Qatar Digital Library. 1917. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  4. "Jabal an-Nabī Shu'ayb, Bani Matar, Sanaa, Yemen". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  5. Robert D. Burrowes (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 5–340. ISBN 978-0-8108-5528-1.
  6. McLaughlin, Daniel (2008). "1: Background". Yemen. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-8416-2212-5.


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