Mukayras in Arabic مكيراس is a town and Directorate "مديرية" in
Al Bayda Governorate
Al Bayda Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ٱلْبَيْضَاء '), also spelt ''Al-Baidhah'' or ''Beida'', is one of the Governorates of Yemen, governorates (''Muhafazah, muhafazat'') of Yemen. It is located near the centre of the country ...
,
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
. It is located at around at an elevation of about 2170 m.
It was one of the South Yemen Protectorates under British rule from 1839-1967.
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Populated places in Abyan Governorate
Villages in Yemen