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Sanaa, [a] [b] officially the Sanaa Municipality, [c] is the de jure capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate , but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit.
Sanaa (Arabic: صَنْعَاء Ṣanʿāʾ), also spelled San'a ' or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah. The Governorate covers an area of 13,850 km 2 (5,350 sq mi). As ...
The Old City of Sanaʽa [a] [b] is a recognised UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen. [1] As of 2003, the district had a population of 63,398 inhabitants. [ 2 ] The old fortified city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years and contains many intact architectural sites.
Sanaa International Airport (IATA: SAH, ICAO: OYSN) is the primary international airport of Yemen located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. It services Sanaa City as well as the entire population of the northern provinces of Yemen. Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s. The runway is shared with the large Al-Dailami Air Base.
'Gate of Yemen') is the main gate of Old Sanaa's old fortified wall, on the southern extremity of the walled city. German geographer Carl Rathjens dated its current appearance to the 17th century and attributed the initial design of the gate to the biblical Shem, the son of Noah. [1] Today, it is the most ornate of the gates of Sana's Old City.
1983 - Sana'a University Museum built. [6] 1984 - Military Museum [6] and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a [16] established. 1986 Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open. Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. [17] Population: 427,505. 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
The city of Sana'a was the military center of the pre-Islamic kingdom of the Sabeans and was an important center for the Himyarite Kingdom. [3] The mosque, commissioned by Muhammad, who instructed for its construction within the garden of the Persian governors, [6] was built upon the ruins of Sheba's Ghumdan Palace, [1] between the two areas of Sana'a at the time: al-Qati and al-Sirar. [7]
Sana'a's Mosques are unique in architecture, and history, they adopted the South Arabian Architecture, unlike the old mosques, the modern mosques are usually built on Modern Arabic Architecture Rashidunids