Sayyan is a small town in western central
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 in the
San‘a’ Governorate, to the southeast by road from
Sana'a
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gover ...
along Route 901.
Infrastructure like in many other areas of western Yemen was improved in the late 1980s and early 1990s; Swedish company
Transelectric and the
Yemen General Electricity Corporation ( YGEC) laid feeder and distribution lines and substations in the Sayyan vicinity, reportedly completed in late 1991.
It contains a hospital, mosque and a school.
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Towns and villages in the San‘a’ Governorate
Villages in Sanaa Governorate
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