[2] Ash Shu'ayb district (Shuaib) is located between longitude (44.833) eastward, and latitude (13.83) northward.

Al Shu'ayb is located on a plateau ranging from 3000 to 3,500 feet in the north-west of Aden.

It is about 140 miles away, and the Shuaib (North) and North (West) The eastern side, the Dhale Governorate and the [Halimin Directorate] from the southern side.

Among the most important villages: Al-Awabel (the capital of the Directorate[3]), Al Madu, Hathara, Houf, Lasbour, Qazaah, Bakhael, Maklan, Rabat, Kahreeh, Jabbab, Ja'afer, Lnajud, lwdeeha, Gabel Kadapa, Raghb.

Al Shuaib Directorate enjoys a cool climate for its rise above sea level.