Lawdar
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Arabic لودر, DMG Laudar Lawdar |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 53 ' N , 45 ° 52' E | ||
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| Country | Yemen | ||
| Abyan | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | YE-AB | ||
| height | 1000 m | ||
| Residents | 13,578 (2004) | ||
Lawdar ( Arabic لودر, DMG Laudar ) is a town in the Lawdar district of the same name , of which it is the administrative seat, and is located in the Abyan Governorate . Lawdar lies at an altitude of almost 1000 m above sea level. M. The town has almost 14,000 inhabitants. There is an airport around 30 km northwest of Mukayris .
history
Between October 2010 and the beginning of 2011, there was repeated heavy fighting in Lawdar between government troops and insurgents who, according to the government, belong to al-Qaida in Yemen . Dozens were killed in the region on the occasion of the conflicts between warriors of God and the army.
On April 9, 2012, fighters from the group Ansar al-Sharia (Helpers of Sharia), an al-Qaeda youth organization in Yemen, attacked from several directions and occupied the city's barracks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Army kills twelve Al Qaeda fighters in South Yemen. In: ORF . March 23, 2011, accessed March 23, 2011 .
- ^ City Population 2004 Lawdar
- ↑ Yemen Times, Army mobilizes new forces in Lawdar ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed April 22, 2011
