Mualla
Sign in to saveMualla () or '''Ma'alla''' () is a city district in Aden Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 49,891 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al-Mu'alla District
- Settlement.other_name
- Al-Ma'alla District
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- MallaDistrict.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Mualla
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Yemen#Middle East#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Yemen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aden
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2003
- Settlement.population_total
- 49,891
- Settlement.timezone
- Yemen Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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Mualla () or '''Ma'alla''' () is a city district in Aden Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 49,891 inhabitants.
==History== thumb|Mualla and the Worker's Island Mualla's earlier history was notable for its association with dhow building. Later in the nineteenth century Mualla grew to be a port for sailing ships and small steam vessels and number of stores of goods were built along the sidewalks. In the early 1950s the face of the city changed completely by colonial Britain. A large sea area was reclaimed and longest street was built along with modern buildings to absorb the families of British troops.