Al-Jurn

al-Jurn الجورن
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Sana'a Governorate
Time zone	Yemen Standard Time (UTC+3)

Al-Jurn (Arabic: الجورن) is a village in western central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate.

A large and ancient hilltop village settlement around 14 miles from the Yemeni capital Sana'a city, Jurn shares the same distinctive type of architecture as the nearby city. Jurn takes its name from the Yemeni for "communal threshing floor" and "mortar and pestle".

A detailed English-language social history of the area was published by Brill in 2005, titled Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen: a study in protection and restraint, 1918-1949.

Commercial oil wells were reportedly found near al-Jurn in the early 1970s.

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Towns and villages in the San‘a’ Governorate

Sana'a Governorate

Capital: Sana'a

Districts	Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah District Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah District Al Husn District Arhab District Attyal District Bani Dhabyan District Bani Hushaysh District Bani Matar District Bilad Ar Rus District Hamdan District Jihanah District Khwlan District Manakhah District Nihm District Sa'fan District Sanhan District

Coordinates: 15°15′N 44°01′E / 15.250°N 44.017°E / 15.250; 44.017

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