Sanhan and Bani Bahlul District ( ar, مديرية سنحان وبني بهلول, Sanḥān and Bani Bahlul) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the Sana'a Governorate,

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 ...

. Its seat is Sanhan. As of 2003, the district had a population of 400,399 inhabitants. The former President of Yemen

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

comes from Beit al-Ahmar, which lies in Sanhan District.

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Districts of Sanaa Governorate Sanhan and Bani Bahlul District {{Yemen-geo-stub