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Madinat Asha'ab

Coordinates: 12°50′13″N 44°55′44″E / 12.837°N 44.929°E / 12.837; 44.929
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Madinat Asha'ab
مدينة الشعب
Al-Ittihād
Madinat Asha'ab is located in Yemen
Madinat Asha'ab
Madinat Asha'ab
Coordinates: 12°50′13″N 44°55′44″E / 12.837°N 44.929°E / 12.837; 44.929
Country Yemen
GovernorateAden Governorate

Madinat Asha'ab or Madinat ash Sha'b (Arabic: مدينة الشعب) formerly called Al-Ittihād (Arabic: الاتحاد, meaning "union" or "unity"), is a district of Aden in Aden Governorate, Yemen. Madinat Asha'ab was founded in 1959 as Al-Ittihād, the first capital of the British Protectorate of South Arabia.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "Madīnat al-Shaʿb | Yemen". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. ^ "Madinat ash Shab". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ Burrowes, Robert D. (21 January 2019). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810855281. Retrieved 21 January 2019 – via Google Books.