Al-Bayda' ٱلْبَيْضَاء | |
|---|---|
Town | |
)  Al-Bayda' Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 13°58′35″N 45°34′15″E / 13.97639°N 45.57083°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Al Bayda Governorate |
| District | Al Bayda |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Nasser al Khader Abderbo al-Sawadi |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 29,853[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Al Bayda (Arabic: ٱلْبَيْضَاء, romanized: Al-Bayḍāʾ, not to be mixed with Al-Bayda' in Al-Jawf, the ancient Nashaq), also transliterated as Baida,[2] Al-Baidhah or Beida, is a town in the Governorate of Al-Bayda' in Yemen.
It is located 130 miles (210 kilometres) SE of San'a'. Rada' (Arabic: رَدَاع, romanized: Radāʿ) is the present capital of the Governorate of Al Bayda'.
History
It is the historical capital of the Beda Sultanate from 1636 until 1930.
On 8 October 2014, at least nine people have been killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, Officials say. The official Saba news agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault which was repelled.[3]
Population
Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Al Bayda' | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23 (73) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 24.4 (75.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19 (66) | 22.5 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 5 (41) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 19 (0.7) | 51 (2.0) | 45 (1.8) | 15 (0.6) | 81 (3.2) | 120 (4.7) | 35 (1.4) | 6 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 3 (0.1) | 399 (15.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b نبذة تعريفية عن محافظة البيضاء (in Arabic), رئاسة الجمهورية، المركز الوطني للمعلومات
- ^ Agence France-Presse (January 30, 2017). "US says female Al-Qaeda combatants killed in Yemen raid". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017.
The US special forces mounted the raid in the Yakla region of Baida province against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which Washington views as the global terror network's most dangerous branch.
- ^ "Nine killed as al-Qaeda attacks south Yemen town". BBC News. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Climate: Al Bayda'". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- "Governorates of Yemen". Statoids.
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