Saada
Sa'dah
صعدة | |
|---|---|
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  Sa'dah Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 16°59′9″N 43°45′52″E / 16.98583°N 43.76444°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Saada |
| Occupation |  Houthis (Ansar Allah) |
| Elevation | 1,836 m (6,024 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 51,870 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
| Climate | BWh |
Sa'dah (Template:Lang-ar Ṣaʿda) is the capital city of Saada Governorate[1] in north-western Yemen at an elevation of about 1,800 meters. Its population in 2004 was estimated at 51,870. It was formerly identified with Karna, the kingdom of the ancient kingdom of Ma'in, which is now known to be identical to the ancient Qarnawu near the modern Ma'in in the Al Jawf Governorate.
After the Battle of Sa'dah in 2011, Houthis took control of the city.
Climate
Sa'dah has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh).
| Climate data for Sa'dah | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.7 (80.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.9 (53.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8 (0.3) |
13 (0.5) |
41 (1.6) |
42 (1.7) |
18 (0.7) |
2 (0.1) |
16 (0.6) |
26 (1.0) |
5 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
185 (7.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Sa'dah's Al-Hadi Mosque -
Islamic structure in Sa'dah
References
- ^ "YEMEN : provinces population". www.populstat.info. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ "Climate: Sa'dah - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sa'dah.
| Yemeni cities and towns by population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 and more | |
| 100,000-999,999 | |
| 10,000-99,999 | |
| <9,999 | |
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