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Sanaa

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Sanaa
صَنْعَاء‎
Capital city
Sanaa Municipality
Arabic: أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة
The skyline of the Old City of Sanaa
Architecture of the old city
Al-Saleh Mosque
Rainy day in Sanaa
Bab al Yemen
National Museum of Yemen
Al-Bakiriyya Mosque
Sanaa is located in Yemen
Sanaa
Sanaa
Location of Sanaa in Yemen
Sanaa is located in Asia
Sanaa
Sanaa
Sanaa (Asia)
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E / 15.34833; 44.20639
Country Yemen
GovernorateAmanat Al-Asemah
Area
 • Total
126 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation
2,250 m (7,380 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
2,545,000 Increase
 • Estimate 
(2024)[2]
3,407,814 Increase
 • Density20,320/km2 (52,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Sanaani, San'ani
Time zoneUTC+03:00 (AST)
Websitecapitalsanaa.gov.ye

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. At an elevation of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft),[3] Sanaa is one of the highest capital cities in the world and is next to the Sarawat Mountains of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb and Jabal Tiyal, considered to be the highest mountains in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the highest in the Middle East.

Sanaa has a population of approximately 3,292,497 (2023), making it Yemen's largest city.[4] As of 2020, the greater Sanaa urban area makes up about 10% of Yemen's total population.[5] The Old City of Sanaa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a distinctive architectural character, most notably expressed in its multi-story buildings decorated with geometric patterns. Al-Saleh Mosque, the largest in the country, is located in the southern outskirts of the city.

According to the Yemeni constitution, Sanaa is the capital of the country,[6] although the seat of the Yemeni government moved to Aden, the former capital of Democratic Yemen, in the aftermath of the Houthi occupation. Aden was declared the temporary capital by then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.[7]

  1. ^ Central Statistics Organization. "Yemen Statistical Yearbook 2017". Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Sanaa Population 2024".
  3. ^ McLaughlin, Daniel (2008). "3: Sanaʽa". Yemen. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-8416-2212-5. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sanaa Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 14 August 2023.[better source needed]
  5. ^ Sana'a City Profile (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Yemen. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Yemen's embattled president declares southern base temporary capital". DPA International. 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Yemen's President Hadi declares new 'temporary capital'". Deutsche Welle. 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.


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