Maʽbar ( ar, معبر ) is a market and farming town
in
Dhamar Governorate,
Yemen, and the seat of
Jahran District
Jahran District is a district of the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 86,590 inhabitants.
References
Districts of Dhamar Governorate
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It is located about 60 km south of
Sanaa, at the northern end of the
Dhamar plain, at the intersection of the country's main north–south highway and the old route down to the Yemeni
Tihama, which was paved in the 1980s.
The pipeline connecting the oilfields in
Al Jawf Governorate
Al Jawf ( ar, الجوف ') is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hazm.
Al Jawf Governorate borders 'Amran Governorate to the west, Sanaa Governorate to the southwest, Ma'rib Governorate to the south, Hadhramaut Governorate to the east ...
to
Ra's Isa on the
Red Sea coast crosses the north–south highway near Maʽbar.
References
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Populated places in Dhamar Governorate