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Jaul around the south of Wadi Hadramout are the Gulf of Aden and its two main ports and historical Mukkalla Shihr.



Hans Helfritz in the 1930's, wrote about "Mukkalla, a city of brilliant whiteness of extraordinary beauty, with its many palaces and tall towers, is located in a charming Bya close in the darkness of the cliffs the Jebel Kara. It is the gateway to the province of Hadramout. "Crammed between Yemen one of the great volcanic mountain regions and the sea, approached, either by road from the coast of Aden or Seiyun in Wadi Hadramout. This road passes through a succession of valleys and interesting towns and across the cage, a semi-desert plateau.

Mukalla has been of great importance for many centuries, with the expansion of their trade to India and Southeast Asia and India shows the many influences in its architecture.



The residents say the city was founded in 1625 by a Yafa'I Sultan Ahmed bin Madyam to Kasadi. In 1914 he took over from Shihr, about 50 miles east, as the capital of Hadramout when Qu'aitis (originally a tribe of Yafa) transferred his capital.

The city's architecture makes creative use of cast considerable and, in general, is distinguished by its nuances and Southeast Asia india inspiration, the latter evident everywhere in the narrow alleys where intrinsically beautiful carved doors and window screens can be find. The night lit ar-Rawdha and Umar mosques are lovely.

The traveler Jorgen Bisch writes in his book Behind the Veil in Saudi that the doors are so important around Mikalla that sometimes stands in the door first, and the house was built around it.)

The Sultan's Palace, which sits on the edge of the beach near the town, was built in late 1920 by the Sultan 'Umar Awadh sl-Qu'aiti million and is based in India and the new classical style.
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Al - Hodeidah is the Cinderella of the Red Sea and captivating bride. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Yemen. This is the most diverse and most beautiful among them. Nature exhibits a wonderful dress of green and beautiful all year round.
Her dress is displayed perfumed with the scent of jasmine, redolence screw pine and the smell of musk. Its climate is affected by all conditions and take different phenomena along its coastal areas, mountainous and desert area.
Al - Hodeidah Yemen is the fourth city in population and developed as the main port of the Ottomans, when trade declined Mukha coffee and still retains its old Turkish quarter. At night the light of the markets, with men under the sale of fruits hurricane lamps, and early morning fish market is a hive of activity.
Rich merchant families have built opulent houses in the old area of Al Turk - Hodeidah.

These buildings are richly decorated with plasterwork interiors and beautifully carved balconies. Up, stucco walls and decorative niches colored pressed glass and mirrors painted with designs turkey scintillate - a recurring theme throughout the Tihama and the indication of the influences of India have seen in the region as a result of the rolling sea.
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Aden is one of the most beautiful coastal cities in Yemen, known for its beautiful beaches, monuments, castles impregnable and many souks. It is also the economic capital of Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb.


Aden's ancient, natural harbor is located in the crater of an extinct volcano that forms a peninsula, connected to the mainland by a low isthmus. This port, Bayfront, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between 5 and 7 centuries before Christ. The modern port is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden has a number of historical and natural sites of interest to visitors. These include: Tawila Tanks - an ancient water system cachement located in the sub-center of Crater.


Fort Sira


The minaret of Aden


Palace of the Sultanate of Lahej / National Museum


The Aden Military Museum


The Rimbaud House


The fortifications of Jebal Hadid and Jebal Shamsan


The beaches of Aden and Little Aden


Mosque of Al-Aidaroos


Zoroastrian Temple


Britain's historic churches


Reservoirs of Aden (The Tawila tanks) tanks are in the old crater, the construction of Aden, the name of the creek that cuts through the rocks below the eastern end of Jebel Shams. They consist of a series of 18 tanks dug into the rock, actually a trachyte volcano, and dammed in places to take advantage of the underlying rock pattern. Were built to bring some stability in the supply of water in an area where they usually live for years without serious rain. That in size and depth, but the catch and collect the rain in the surrounding mountains. Its capacity is 90 million liters. Tanks are connected by a series of small aqueducts with the overflow of a tank moving on to the next in the chain of transport of water right in the heart of the crater. It is believed to have been built, while the control of Aden is in the hands of the Himyarites, sometimes around the first century AD. But, from a height port of Aden in antiquity would have required an adequate amount of fresh water, it is possible that existed before that date in Sabaean times.


Yemen Tourism Promotion Board.
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