Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali and Dhalea and sometimes prefixed with Al or Ad ( ar, الضالع, Aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), is the capital town of

Dhale Governorate Dhale ( ar, الضالع ') is one of the Yemeni governorates that was created after the unification of Yemen. The population of the province accounts for 2% of the total population of the republic.Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen.Stat ...

in south-western

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. It is located at around , in the elevation of around 1500 metres.

History

Formerly it was the capital of the

Emirate of Dhala Dhala or Dhali` ( '), Amiri ( '), or the Emirate of Dhala ( ') was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Dhala (Ad Dali'). Histo ...

Climate

Economy

Historically, the

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produced

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thread.

References

Populated places in Dhale Governorate {{Yemen-geo-stub