Jaʿār
Sign in to saveJaar (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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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.