Sana'a

Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E / 15.34833; 44.20639
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Sana'a
صنعاء Ṣanʿāʾ
Sana'a
Sana'a
Sana'a is located in Yemen
Sana'a
Sana'a
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E / 15.34833; 44.20639
Country Yemen
Administrative divisionAmanat Al Asimah
Government
 • TypeLocal
 • Mayor: Abdulrahman al-AkwaaNuman Dowaid
Elevation
7,380 ft (2,250 m)
Population
 (2004)
 • City1,747,627
 • Metro
2,167,961
Time zoneGMT+3

Sana'a or Sanˤā' (Arabic: صنعاء, romanized as Ṣanʻāʼ or Sanaa), is the capital city of Yemen and the capital of Sana'a Governorate, but instead forms the separate governorate of ʾAmānat al-ʿĀṣimah (Arabic: أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة). It had a population of 1,747,627 (as of 2004).

In the 2010s, it became a battlefield in the Civil War. The government moved to Aden as the city fell under control of the Houthi movement, on September 21, 2014.[1]



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