Jabal Shamsān
Jabal Shamsān is a peak in Tawahi, Aden Governorate and has an elevation of 541 metres. Jabal Shamsān is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sheikh Ishaq حي الشيخ إسحاق, as well as near the locality Tower of Silence.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 541 metres
- Description: summit in Yemen
- Also known as: “Jabal Shamsan”, “Shamsan South”, “Shamsān South”, and “Shamshan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Gold Mohur Hotel.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding.
Gold Mohur Hotel
Hotel
The Gold Mohur Hotel is a resort hotel on Aden, Yemen. On 29 December 1992, Al Qaeda conducted its first known terrorist attack in Aden, bombing the Gold Mohur Hotel, where U.S. servicemen were known to have been staying en route to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crater and Aden.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.
Jabal Shamsān
- Category: landform
- Location: Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.7695° or 12° 46′ 10″ northLongitude
45.01214° or 45° 0′ 44″ eastElevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)Open location code
7H47Q296+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1218233475OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Jabal Shamsān” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل شمسان”
- Cebuano: “Jabal Shamsān”
- French: “Jabal Shamsan”
- German: “Jabal Shamsan”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sheikh Ishaq حي الشيخ إسحاق and Tower of Silence.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include الصهاريج and بريد القلوعة.
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