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Numerous people may want to go on vacation to Yemen.
Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula. Its capital is Sana'a.
Yemen is in the Middle East, in the south of the Arabian
Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman
and south of Saudi Arabia.
Tihama on the Red Sea near Khaukha
A number of Red Sea islands, including the Hanish Islands, Kamaran and Perim, as well as Socotra in the Arabian Sea belong to Yemen. Many of the islands are volcanic; for example Jabal al-Tair had a volcanic eruption in 2007 and before that in 1883.
Until recently, Yemen's northern border was undefined because the Arabian Desert prevented any human habitation there. The country can be divided geographically into four main regions: the coastal plains in the west, the western highlands, the eastern highlands, and the Rub al Khali in the east. The Tihamah ("hot lands") form a very arid and flat coastal plain. Despite the aridity, the presence of many lagoons makes this region very marshy and a suitable breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes. There are also extensive crescent-shaped sand dunes. The evaporation in the Tihama is so great that streams from the highlands never reach the sea, but they do contribute to extensive groundwater reserves. Today, these are heavily exploited for agricultural use. Near the village of Madar about 48 km North of Sanaa dinosaur footprints have been found, indicating that the area was once a mud flat. The Tihamah ends abruptly at the escarpment of the western highlands. This area, now heavily terraced to meet the demand for food, receives the highest rainfall in Arabia, rapidly increasing from 100 mm (4 inches) per year to about 760 mm (30 inches) in Ta'izz and over 1,000 mm (40 inches) in Ibb. Agriculture here is very diverse, with such crops as sorghum dominating. Cotton and many fruit trees are also grown, with mangoes being the most valuable. Temperatures are hot in the day but fall dramatically at night. There are perennial streams in the highlands but these never reach the sea because of high evaporation in the Tihama. The central highlands are an extensive high plateau over 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) in elevation. This area is drier than the western highlands because of rain-shadow influences, but still receives sufficient rain in wet years for extensive cropping.
The geography and ruling Imams of North Yemen kept the country isolated from foreign influence before 1962.
Aden is a city in Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC.
Sana'a is the capital of Yemen and the center of San‘a’ Governorate. It is Yemen's largest city.
Sana'a lies in the heart of Yemeni highlands on a plateau at an altitude of 2,200 m surrounded by several mountains, notably Jabal Nuqum and Aiban. It has a cool and dry climate and in the winter time light frost is possible. Afternoon thunderstorms are common which brings much of Sana'a's annual rainfall. The city is around 370 km (230 mi) north of Aden, the economic and financial center of Yemen.
Sana'a is one of the ancient Yemeni cities dating back to the Sabaean dynasty of the 6th Century BC. The oldest written reference to its existence is found in inscriptions which date back to the 1st century AD. It is suggested that Sana'a was the capital of the Himyarite kingdom at the onset of the 6th century AD.
When King Yousef Athar (or Dhu Nuwas), the last of the Himyarite kings, was in power, Sana'a was also the capital of the Ethiopian viceroys, then after 570 of the Persians.
As of the dawn of Islam until
the detachment of independent sub-states in many parts of Yemen Islamic Caliphate,
Sana'a persisted as the governing seat, who himself is Caliph's deputy in running
the affairs of one of Yemen's Three Makhalifs: Mikhlaf Sana'a, Mikhlaf al-Janad
and Mikhlaf Hadhramawt. The city of Sana'a recurrently assumed an important status
and all Yemenite States competed to control it. The Mamelukes arrived in Yemen
in AD 1517. Following the collapse of the Mamelukes in Egypt at the hands of the
Ottoman Turks, Yemen fell under the Ottoman Rule and during the first Ottoman
rule of Yemen between 1538-1635, Sana'a became the capital of the Ottoman Vilayet
and also during the Ottoman second rule 1872-1918. In 1918, Sana'a was the capital
of Imam Yahya, who ruled North Yemen.
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