Jayshan District

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Jayshan District
مديرية جيشان
Jayshan District
Country Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
Governorate Abyan
Population
 (2003)
  Total
14,800
Time zone UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Jayshan District is a district of the Abyan Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 14,800 inhabitants. [1] STC forces had moved into the regions of Mudyah and have made a sweeping offensive against APQA forces decivelly defeating them. [2]

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References

  1. "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  2. "STC Forces Move Farther into Abyan - The Yemen Review, September 2022". Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies. Retrieved 2025-01-27.

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