Jaʿār
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Jaar (Arabic: جعار Jaʿār) is a small town and the capital of Khanfir District in southwestern Yemen. One of the largest settlements in Abyan Governorate, it is located to the north of Al Kawd and the regional capital of Zinjibar. The town is located about 2 kilometres east of the right bank of the Wadi Bana.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jaār
- Settlement.native_name
- جعار
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jaar, street market.webp
- Settlement.image_caption
- A street in Jaar
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Yemen
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Yemen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Abyan Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Khanfar
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
- Settlement.population_total
- 29495
- Settlement.timezone
- Yemen Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- جعار
- Country
- Yemen
- Located in
- Abyan Governorate
- Population
- 29495
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Lower Yafa
- Image
- Jaar, Yemen1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ja'ar, Yemen
- native label
- جعار
- P12749
- 113 BC
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Jaar (Arabic: جعار Jaʿār) is a small town and the capital of Khanfir District in southwestern Yemen. One of the largest settlements in Abyan Governorate, it is located to the north of Al Kawd and the regional capital of Zinjibar. The town is located about 2 kilometres east of the right bank of the Wadi Bana.
Khanfar is a southern suburb of the town, noted for its ceramics and munitions production. On March 28, 2011, the Jaʿār munitions factory exploded there, killing an estimated 150 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaʿār” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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