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Saada (), located in the northwest of Yemen, is the capital and largest city of the governorate bearing the same name, as well as the administrative seat of the eponymous district. The city lies in the Serat (Sarawat) mountains at an altitude of approximately 1,800 meters. As of 2004, it was the tenth-largest city in Yemen, with an estimated population of 51,870.

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Saada is a city and human settlement in Yemen, serving as the capital of Saada Governorate. It is located at coordinates 16.94, 43.759166666666665 with an elevation of 1800 meters above sea level. The official name of the city is صعدة.

The settlement has a population of 70,203 and is situated in the UTC+03:00 time zone. It holds the heritage designation of a Tentative World Heritage Site and is described by the source Pauly–Wissowa. A nearby location named Bāb as Salām in the same administrative area has a population of 212 and an elevation of 1876 meters.

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Place details

Locality
صعدة
Region
محافظة صعدة
Country
اليمن
Population
51,870
Timezone
Asia/Aden

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Air quality

100US AQIModerate
PM2.5
34.2 µg/m³
PM10
85.9 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Saada
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Sa'dah 02.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Yemen
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Yemen
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Saada
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Saada
Settlement.population_as_of
2004
Settlement.population_total
51,870
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone
Yemen Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset
+3
Settlement.elevation_m
1836

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Official name
صعدة
Country
Yemen
Population
70203
Elevation
1800
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
Sa'dah 02.jpg
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Commons category
Sa'dah
heritage designation
Tentative World Heritage Site
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Founding and Middle Ages
  • North Yemeni independence and Yemeni unification
  • Houthi insurgency, Yemeni revolution, and Yemeni civil war
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Fauna
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Culture
  • Jews in Saada
  • Gallery
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Saada (), located in the northwest of Yemen, is the capital and largest city of the governorate bearing the same name, as well as the administrative seat of the eponymous district. The city lies in the Serat (Sarawat) mountains at an altitude of approximately 1,800 meters. As of 2004, it was the tenth-largest city in Yemen, with an estimated population of 51,870.

The map of Yemen has included Saada since the reign of the Ma'in Kingdom, the earliest known kingdom in Yemen's history.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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