Tihāmat al-Yaman

Tihāmat al-Yaman

      coastal plain in western Yemen, fronting the Red Sea. A 260-mile (420-km) southern extension of the Arabian Tihāmah (coastal plain), it consists of a strip of arid coastal land stretching between Mīdī, on the northern border with Saudi Arabia, and the Bab El-Mandeb (Bab el-Mandeb Strait) (Arabic: Bāb Al-Mandab), a strait near the southern limit of the country. It occupies an area of 5,220 square miles (13,520 square km) and rises to a maximum elevation of 660 feet (200 metres). In its upper reaches the terrain of Tihāmat al-Yaman changes into jagged valleys incised in low plateaus. Seven major wadis, including the Mawr, Surdūd, and Zabīd, allow for some agricultural activity; irrigated fields are scattered among extensive chains of sand dunes. Dates, tobacco, and cotton are major crops. Salt is mined at Al-Ṣalīf (Ṣalīf, Al-). The Red Sea is rich in aquaculture, and fishing industries have been based along its shores in the ports of Al-Luḥayyah (Luḥayyah, Al-), Al-Ḥudaydah (Ḥudaydah, Al-), Al-Ghulayfiqah, and Mocha.

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Universalium. 2010.

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  • Yemen — /yem euhn, yay meuhn/, n. 1. Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People s Democratic Republic of Yemen. 13,972,477; 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Cap.: (political) San a. Cap.:… …   Universalium

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