Dhubab is a small coastal town in the

Taiz Governorate Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a governorate of Yemen. The governorate's capital is Taiz, which is the third largest city in Yemen. Today it is the most important commercial centre in Yemen owing to its proximity to the richest farmland i ...

of south-western Yemen. It is the seat of Dhubab District.

History

During World War I, British patrol vessels shelled Dhubab fort in November 1914. They later opened fire on

Yakhtul Yakhtul ( ar, يختل) is a large coastal fishing village in the Taiz Governorate of southwestern Yemen. Yakhtul is located about "two German leagues (10 miles) north of the city of Mocha." It contains a number of white houses, the Yakhtul Mosq ...

on 8 December 1914, damaging 7 or 8 dhows moored there.

Geography

Dhubab lies on the coast of the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

on a jutting headland, 46.6 kilometres by road south of

Mocha Mocha may refer to: Places * Mocha Island, an island in Biobío Region, Chile * Mocha, Chile, a town in Chile * Mocha, Ecuador, a city in Ecuador * Mocha Canton, a government subdivision in Ecuador * Mocha, a segment of Kutiyana (Vidhan Sabha c ...

and north of

Mayyun Perim ( ar, بريم 'Barīm'', also called Mayyun in Arabic, is a volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen and belonging to Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhuba ...

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Taiz Governorate Populated coastal places in Yemen