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Taiz Governorate

Taiz is a governorate of . The governorate's capital , the third-largest city in Yemen, is among the most important commercial centres in the country, owing to its proximity to farmland, the Red Sea port of and .
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  • Type: State with 2,390,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “Liwa of Taez”, “Liwa‘ of Taiz”, “Liwā’ of Taiz”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz”, “Muhafazat Ta`izz”, “Province of Ta‘izz”, “Province of Ta`izz”, “Ta‘izz”, “Ta’izz Governorate”, “Ta`izz”, and “Taiz”

Taiz Governorate

Latitude
13.4115° or 13° 24′ 42″ north
Longitude
43.5571° or 43° 33′ 26″ east
Population
2,390,000
Elevation
1,432 metres (4,698 feet)
Open location code
7H55CH64+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 663081615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
70222
Wiki­data ID
Q388330
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Taiz Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تعز”
  • Arabic: “محافظة تعز”
  • Basque: “Ta’izz Herrizaintza”
  • Belarusian: “мухафаза Таіз”
  • Belarusian: “Таіз (мухафаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Таіз”
  • Bengali: “তা‘ইজ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “তাইজ গভর্নরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Таиз”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Taizz”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای تەعز”
  • Chinese: “Taiz Séng”
  • Chinese: “塔伊兹省”
  • Chinese: “塔伊茲省”
  • Croatian: “Taiz”
  • Croatian: “Taizz”
  • Czech: “provincie Taiz”
  • Czech: “Taiz”
  • Danish: “Ta’izz Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Ta’izz”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ta’iz”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Taiz”
  • Finnish: “Taizz”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Ta’izz”
  • French: “Ta’izz”
  • Georgian: “თაიზის მუჰაფაზა”
  • Georgian: “ტაიზი”
  • Georgian: “ტაიზის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Taʿizz”
  • German: “Taʿizz”
  • German: “YE-TA”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ταΐζ”
  • Gujarati: “તા‘ઝ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “תעז”
  • Hindi: “ताइज़ गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “ताइज़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Taizz kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Taizz”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ta’izz”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Ta’izz”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Ta’izz”
  • Japanese: “タイズ県”
  • Kannada: “ತಾಯಿಜ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Тағиз”
  • Kazakh: “Тағизз”
  • Korean: “타이즈주”
  • Latvian: “Taizas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Taiz gubernija”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Taiz”
  • Malay: “Ta’izz Governorate”
  • Marathi: “ता‘ज गव्हरेनरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Taiz Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ta’izz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taiz guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Ta’izz”
  • Persian: “استان تعز”
  • Persian: “تعز”
  • Polish: “Ta’izz”
  • Polish: “Taizz”
  • Portuguese: “Ta’izz”
  • Portuguese: “Taiz”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ta’izz”
  • Russian: “Таиз”
  • Russian: “Таизз”
  • Scots: “Ta’izz Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Таиз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taiz”
  • Sinhala: “ටාඉස් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “guvernat Taiz”
  • Slovenian: “Taiz”
  • Slovenian: “YE-TA”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تعز اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Ta’izz”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ta’izz”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Taiz”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Ta’izz”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Taizz”
  • Swedish: “Taizz”
  • Tamil: “டா ‘இஸ்ஸ் கோவெர்னோராட்”
  • Telugu: “టాయిజ్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการตะอิซซ์”
  • Turkish: “Taiz ili”
  • Turkish: “Taiz”
  • Ukrainian: “Таїз”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ تعز”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ta’izz”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔伊兹省”

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