11) Taiz. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Taiz, or Taizz (ta-ezŽ) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 317,753), S Yemen, in the interior highlands. It is an agricultural marketing center, particularly for coffee, and...
12) Dhamar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dhamar, or Damar (both: damarŽ) (KEY) , town (1994 pop. 82,920), S central Yemen, in a valley between two volcanic peaks. Dhamar is a market and religious center,...
13) Sana. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sana, or San'a (both: sonaŽ) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 954,448), capital and largest city of Yemen. The city lies inland on a high plain (alt. 7,250 ft/2,210 m) and...
14) Madinat ash Shab. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Madinat ash Shab, (mdeŽnt ash shab) (KEY) , town, SW Yemen, just N of Aden. Formerly called al-Ittihad, it was built in the 1960s as the federal capital of the Federation...
15) Hodeida. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hodeida, (hodaŽd) (KEY) or Al Hudaydah (al hoodaŽda) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 298,452), W Yemen, on the Red Sea. An important port, it exports coffee, cotton, dates,...
16) Aden, Gulf of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Aden, Gulf of, (aŽdn, aŽ-) western arm of the Arabian Sea, 550 mi (885 km) long, lying between Yemen and the Somali Republic; connected with the Red Sea by the Bab...
17) Sheba, region, Arabian Peninsula. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...biblical name of a region, also known as Saba, of S Arabia, including present-day Yemen and the Hadhramaut. Its inhabitants were called Sabeans. According to some...
18) Hadhramaut. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...S Arabia, on the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, occupying the southeastern part of Yemen. Historically, the name refers to the former Hadhramaut states, a collective...
19) Perim. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sq mi (13 sq km), off the SW Arabian peninsula in the Bab el Mandeb strait; it is part of Yemen. A rocky and barren island rising to c.215 ft (65 m), it is strategically...
20) Paez, Pedro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Spanish Jesuit missionary. He preached in Goa, India, was enslaved for seven years in Sana, Yemen, and in 1603 arrived in Ethiopia. He rapidly learned Amharic and...
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