Shaharah is a large mountain village and seat of Shaharah District of
the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. The village "lies at 2600 metres and
overlooks mountainous bulging swells to the south and shimmering hot plains to
the north." The village, which lies on top a sharp mountain of the same
name, Jabal Shaharah, consists of several old stone houses and a cistern. The
area is noted for its limestone arch bridge, constructed in the 17th century by
a local lord to connect two villages across a deep gorge
