Sahar District

Sahar District
مديرية سحار
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Country Yemen
GovernorateSa'dah Governorate
Population
 (2003)
 • Total133,060
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Sahar District (Arabic: مديرية سحار) is a district of the Sa'dah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 133,060 people.[1]

The Sahar District has been called the food basket of Yemen.[2]

The area around Sahar has been one of the most affected areas of the conflict in the Yemeni Civil War.[2]

  1. ^ "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Voices of Yemen: Sahar, Saada Governorate, from UN Development Programme 28 July 2015.