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Aden (Arabic: عَدَنْ, romanized: ʿAdan) is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea.
Yemen portal; The city is the administrative division which falls under the division of the directorate in the urban, which is the centre of the provinces and the centre of districts as well as every urban population with a population of (5,000) or more people and a basic service or more available. Map of Yemen Sana'a, capital of Yemen Ta'izz ...
Aden Colony (Arabic: مُسْتْعَمَرَةْ عَدَنْ, romanized: Musta'marat 'Adan) was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963 located in the southern part of modern-day Yemen. It consisted of the port city of Aden and also included the outlying islands of Kamaran, Perim and the Khuria Muria archipelago with a total ...
Yemen's government nearly saw itself pushed into the sea by advancing rebels here three years ago. Now the port city of Aden shows the challenges that will likely still plague the nation following ...
Aden (Arabic: عَدَنْ) is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 589,419. [2] The ancient capital, the port city of Crater, was located here. Aden was under British rule in the period from 1839 to 1967. In 1967, after years of struggle, Aden and other southern their independence.
1937 – 1 April: City becomes capital of the British Colony of Aden. [5] 1946 – Population: 56,849. [14] 1947 Legislative Council established. [5] December: 1947 Aden riots against Jews. [2] 1951 – Aden Women's Club formed. [15] 1954 British Petroleum refinery built in Little Aden. [16] 27 April: British queen visits Aden. [17]
Many of the problems that Aden had suffered in its time as a colony did not improve as a federated state. In the new federation the Aden Trade Union Congress (ATUC) had a large influence in the new assembly and to prevent it seizing control of the federation in 1962 the former Colony of Aden had joined the Federation of South Arabia so that Aden's pro-British assembly members could counter the ...
The Port of Aden is situated approximately 170 km east of the strait of Bab Al Mandeb, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea. [1] The port is one of the largest natural harbors in the world. [2]