Al Mansoora () is a city district in

Aden Governorate Aden ( ) is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 589,419. The ancient capital, the port city of Crater, was located here. Aden was under British rule in the period from 1839 to 1967. In ...

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

, with a population of 114,931 according to the 2003 census.

History

Al Mansoura was named after a resolution made by

Legislative Council of Aden The Legislative Council of Aden was the legislative body of Aden Colony and State of Aden from 1947 to 1966. History The Legislative Council was established in January 1947. It had 23 members. The legislative term was originally four years but ch ...

in 1962. The construction of the neighbourhood is associated with the acute housing crisis in the

colony of Aden Aden Colony () was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963 located in the southern part of modern-day Yemen. It consisted of the port city of Aden and also included the outlying islands of Kamaran, Perim and the Khuria Muria ...

between 1955 and 1962 as a result of the increasing population and expanding British Military Base.

Mansoura prison

One of the most important architectural landmarks is Mansoura prison built by the Colonial Government of Aden, between 1962 and 1963, as a political prison for the detention of activists and partisans of the Liberation Army and the armed revolution, currently in prison for the continued unity of the Yemeni Central Security. Yemen articles missing geocoordinate data Populated places in Aden Governorate

References

{{Aden Governorate Districts of Aden Governorate Cities in Yemen