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Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali and Dhalea and sometimes prefixed with Al or Ad (), is the capital town of Dhale Governorate in south-western Yemen. It is located at around , at an elevation of around 1500 metres.

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Country
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Dhale
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Town
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Dhala 1937.jpg
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Partial view of Dhala in 1937, with the main mosque in the foreground. Atop the hill is the castle where the hereditary Amir of Dhala resided. Dhala, north of Aden, lies above sea level. It was then one of the states of the Aden Protectorate, strategically located near the border of the Protectorate and what was then the Imamate (Kingdom) of Yemen
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Yemen
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300
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Location in Yemen
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Governorate
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Dhale Governorate
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District
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Dhale
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Imperial
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2004
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21783
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auto
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Ethnicities

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1500
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Dhala 1937.jpg
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Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali and Dhalea and sometimes prefixed with Al or Ad (), is the capital town of Dhale Governorate in south-western Yemen. It is located at around , at an elevation of around 1500 metres.

==History== Formerly it was the capital of the Emirate of Dhala.

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