Al Bayda, Yemen

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Al Bayda
Al Bayda is located in Yemen
Al Bayda
Al Bayda
Location in Yemen
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Country  Yemen
Governorate Al Bayda Governorate
Time zone Yemen Standard Time (UTC+3)

Al Bayda, also transliterated as Al-Baidhah or Beida (Arabic: البيضاء‎‎ Al-Bayḍāʾ), (not to be mixed with al-Bayda' in al-Jawf, the ancient Nashqum) is a town in central Yemen, in the Governorate of Al Bayda, in northern Yemen.

It is located 130 miles SE of Sanaa, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Rada' (Arabic: رداع‎‎ Radāʿ) is the present capital of Governorate of Al Bayda'.

Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.[1]

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.[2]

See also

  • Sheba Kingdom (1,200 BCE to 325 CE), archeological site of empire's capital is nearby

References

  1. http://www.yemen-nic.info/gover/baydaa/brife/
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External links

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