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Sana'a
Sana‘a lies in the heart of Yemeni highlands
on a plateau at an altitude of 2,200 m (7,220 ft) 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.
Extreme recorded temperatures are −3 °C (27 °F) and 34.4 °C
(93.9 °F). The city enjoys a fair weather during the months of
April to October. 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 economical and financial centre of Yemen.
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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. The modern harbour is on the other
side of the peninsula. Aden now has a population of
about 800,000 people
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| Taiz
 Ta'izz
or Taiz is a city in the Yemen Highlands near the famous Mocha port
on the Red Sea, lying at an elevation of about 1,400 metres above
sea level, with 460,000 inhabitants (2003 estimate). It is the
capital of Ta'izz Governorate. It also contains ancient Jewish
Sharab.
Ta'izz has a dramatic setting where the roads run up and down the
mountain sides. Above the city rises the 3,006 metre high Sabir
mountain.
The city has many old and beautiful quarters, with houses that are
typically built with brown bricks, and mosques are usually white.
Most famous among the mosques are the Ashrafiya, the Muctabiya and
the Mudhaffar. Also memorable are the old citadel and the governor's
palace that rests on top of a mountain spur 450 metres above the
city centre.
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| Hodeidah
 Al Hudaydah (also written as Hodeidah) is the
fourth largest city in Yemen with a population 400,000 people, and
the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The city is also known as
Hodeida.
Situated on the Red Sea, it is an important port, exporting coffee,
cotton, dates, and hides. It was developed as a seaport in the
mid-19th century by the Ottoman Turks.
In 1914 during the First World War German troops led by Major
Freiherr Othmar von Stotzingen established a wireless station at Al
Hudaydah which was used during the Arab Revolt to relay
communications from Istanbul to German East Africa as well as
broadcast propaganda to the Sudan, Somaliland and Abyssinia[1].
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Al Mukalla
 is the capital city of the
Hadramaut coastal region in the southern part of
Yemen on the
Gulf of Aden. It is located 480 km (300 mi) east
of
Aden and is the most important port in the
Governorate of Hadramaut (the largest governorate in
Yemen). Historically, Al Mukalla was a principal
trading post between
India and
Africa.
It was the capital of the Quaiti State
of Hadramaut until 1967 when it became a part of
South Yemen. The Quaiti State was part of the
Eastern Aden Protectorate until that merger. A
British Resident Advisor was stationed at Al Mukalla.
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| Socotra
 Socotra or Soqotra is a small archipelago of
four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the
Horn of Africa some 190 nautical miles (220 mi/350 km) south of the
Arabian peninsula. It is a part of the 'Adan Governorate of the
Republic of Yemen.
Socotra is one of the most isolated landforms on Earth of
continental origin (i.e., not of volcanic origin). The archipelago
was once part of the supercontinent of Gondwana and detached during
the Middle Pliocene (ca 6 million years ago), in the same set of
rifting events that opened the Gulf of Aden to its northwest.
The archipelago consists of the main island of Socotra (3,625 km² or
1,400 sq mi), three smaller islands known collectively as "the
Brothers" — Abd al Kuri, Samhah, Darsa — and other uninhabitable
rock outcrops.
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| Say'un
 Say'un
(also written as Saywun or Seiyun) is a town in the Hadhramaut
region of Yemen. Postage stamps from the former Aden Protectorate
sultanate of Kathiri (Aden-Kathiri) are sometimes inscribed "Kathiri
State of Seiyun."
Narrowly, Hadhramaut refers to the historical
Qu'aiti and Kathiri sultanates, which were British protectorates in
the Aden Protectorate overseen by the British Resident at Aden until
their abolition upon the independence of South Yemen in 1967. The
current governorate of Hadhramaut roughly incorporates the former
territory of the two sultanates. It consists of a narrow, arid
coastal plain bounded by the steep escarpment of a broad plateau
(averaging 1,370 m [4,500 feet]), with a very sparse network of
deeply sunk wadis (seasonal watercourses). The undefined northern
edge of Hadhramaut slopes down to the desert Empty Quarter of Saudi
Arabia.
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