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Sana'a
صنعاء Ṣanʿāʾ
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Sana'a
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Country | Yemen |
Administrative division | Amanat Al Asimah |
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• Type | Local |
Elevation | 7,380 ft (2,250 m) |
Population
(2004)
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• City | 1,747,627 |
• Metro | 2,167,961 |
Time zone | GMT+3 |
Sana'a or Sanˤā' (Arabic: صنعاء, romanized as Ṣanʻāʼ or Sanaa), is the capital city of Yemen and the center of Sana'a Governorate. It had a population of 1,747,627 (as of 2004). In the 2010s it became a battlefield in the Civil War and the government moved to Aden.
Images for kids
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The Sanaʽa manuscript, found in Sanaʽa in 1972, is one of the oldest Quranic manuscripts in existence
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Government 3 times, Yemen 1990 – 2012.
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A UNICEF project to provide water in Sanaa, 2015
See also
In Spanish: Saná para niños
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