As Sawma'ah District is a
district of the
Al Bayda' Governorate
Al Bayda Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ٱلْبَيْضَاء '), also spelt ''Al-Baidhah'' or ''Beida'', is one of the governorates (''muhafazat'') of Yemen. It is located near the centre of the country, around the town of Al Bayda. It ...
,
Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 44,873 inhabitants.
History
In August 2020 Al-Qaeda fighters crucified a doctor in As Sawma'ah. On 15 September 2021 the district center was captured by Houthis.
Al-Houthi bombed Bayhan Shabwah with Katyusha
15 September 2021
References
Districts of Al Bayda Governorate
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