Kuhlan Ash Sharaf District 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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the

Hajjah Governorate Hajjah ( ar, حجة, Ḥaǧǧa) is a governorate of Yemen. Bordered by the Red Sea, it has its capital in Hajjah. Districts Hajjah Governorate is divided into the following 31 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and ...

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 ...

. As of 2003, the district had a population of 44,760 people. The district is under control of the Shi'a militant group, the

Houthis The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...

, since November 2011.Al-Houthi Expansion Plan in Yemen Revealed
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Districts of Hajjah Governorate {{Yemen-geo-stub