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Al Bayda (Town)

Coordinates: 13°43′N 44°44′E / 13.717°N 44.733°E / 13.717; 44.733
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Al Bayda
Country Yemen
GovernorateAl Bayda Governorate
Occupation Houthis (Ansar Allah)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Al Bayda, also transliterated as Al-Baidhah or Beida (Template:Lang-ar Al-Bayḍāʾ), (not to be mixed with al-Bayda' in al-Jawf, the ancient Nashqum) is a town in central Yemen, in the Governorate of Al Bayda, in northern Yemen.

It is located 130 miles SE of Sanaa, at 13°59′20″N 45°34′38″E / 13.98889°N 45.57722°E / 13.98889; 45.57722. Rada' (Template:Lang-ar Radāʿ) is the present capital of Governorate of Al Bayda'.

Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.[1]

On 8 October 2014, at least nine people have been killed in an attack by al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, Officials say. The official Saba news agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault which was repelled.[2]

Districts

See also

  • Sheba Kingdom (1,200 BCE to 325 CE), archeological site of empire's capital is nearby

References

  1. ^ http://www.yemen-nic.info/gover/baydaa/brife/
  2. ^ "Nine killed as al-Qaeda attacks south Yemen town". BBC News. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. ^ Ghobari, Mohammed; Stewart, Phil (January 29, 2017). "Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. The gunbattle in the rural Yakla district of al-Bayda province killed a senior leader in Yemen's al Qaeda branch, Abdulraoof al-Dhahab, along with other militants, al Qaeda said.

13°43′N 44°44′E / 13.717°N 44.733°E / 13.717; 44.733