Bani Matar District Explained

Bani Matar District
Native Name:	Arabic: مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر
Native Name Lang:	ar
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Yemen
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Sanaa
Population As Of:	2003
Population Total:	100,012
Timezone:	Yemen Standard Time
Utc Offset:	+3
Coordinates:	15.1667°N 49°W

Bani Matar District (Arabic: مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر|Mudīriyyat Banī Maṭar) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen., the district had a population of 100,012 inhabitants.^[1]

Environment

In this district is located Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur^{[2] [3] [4]} of the Harazi subrange of the Sarat range, the highest mountain in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Districts of Yemen . Statoids . October 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129043227/http://statoids.com/yye.html . 29 November 2010 . live.
2. Book: زبارة, محمد بن محمد بن يحيى اليمني/الصنعاني . نيل الوطر من تراجم رجال اليمن في القرن الثالث عشر 1-2 ج1 . 1998-01-01 . Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah (دار الكتب العلمية) . 978-2-7451-2623-8 . ar.
3. Book: . Gazetteer of Arabia . II [1044] (81/688) . 1917 . 2020-04-17.
4. Web site: Mindat.org . Jabal an-Nabī Shu'ayb, Bani Matar, Sanaa, Yemen . 2020-04-17.
5. Book: Robert D. Burrowes . Historical Dictionary of Yemen . 5–340 . . 2010 . 978-0-8108-5528-1.
6. Book: McLaughlin, Daniel . Yemen . . 1: Background . 3 . 978-1-8416-2212-5 . 2008.