Al Bayda ( ar, ٱلْبَيْضَاء, Al-Bayḍāʾ, not to be mixed with Al-Bayda' in
Al-Jawf, the ancient ''
Nashaq
Nashaq (Minaean: romanized: ; modern day Kharbat Al-Bayda', ar, خربة البيضاء) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present-day Yemen, in the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Ma'in.
Hist ...
''), also transliterated as Baida, Al-Baidhah or Beida, is a town in the
Governorate of Al-Bayda' in
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
.
It is located SE of
San'a'
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Govern ...
. Rada' ( ar, رَدَاع, Radāʿ) is the present capital of the Governorate of Al Bayda'.
History
It is the historical capital of the
Beda Sultanate The Beda Sultanate was a state in South Arabia.
History
With the Ottoman withdrawal from Yemen in 1636 AD, Yemen became independent, but the southern provinces, which were known in the past as the East, separated from Yemen after the Turkish with ...
from 1636 until 1930.
On 8 October 2014, at least nine people have been killed in an attack by
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countr ...
militants on security and government buildings in the town, officials say. The official
Saba news agency
The Saba News Agency (SABA), also known as the Yemen News Agency, is the official state news agency of Yemen.
History and profile
SABA was founded on 16 November 1970 as the official news agency of North Yemen, and is headquartered in the cap ...
said car bombs were used in the dawn assault which was repelled.
In July 2021, al-Bayda was the site of intense fighting between Yemeni government-backed forces (aided by ally Saudi-Arabia), on the one side, and Houthi fighters, on the other.
Population
Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.
Climate
References
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External links
Map of Yemen, showing Al Beyda's locationInformation about Al Bayda'
Populated places in Al Bayda Governorate
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