Maswar District () is a

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of the

'Amran Governorate ʽAmran ( ar, عمران, ʽAmrān) is one of the governorates of Yemen. Districts 'Amran Governorate is divided into the following 20 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villag ...

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. 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 Hermann Burchardt (November 18, 1857 – December 19, 1909) was a German explorer and photographer of Jewish descent, who is renowned for his black and white pictorial essays of scenes in Arabia in the early 20th century. Life Burchardt, born in ...

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Districts of 'Amran Governorate Maswar District {{Yemen-geo-stub