Marib

Marib is the capital city of , Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ, which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame.
  • Type: City with 13,900 residents
  • Description: City in Marib Governorate, Yemen
  • Also known as: Madīnat Ma’rib”, “Magreb”, “Mar‘rib”, and “Mar`rib

Marib

Latitude
15.45788° or 15° 27′ 28″ north
Longitude
45.32302° or 45° 19′ 23″ east
Population
13,900
Elevation
1,095 metres (3,593 feet)
IATA airport code
MYN
Open location code
7H77F85F+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1217719218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
72968
Wiki­data ID
Q335478
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Marib” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Marib
  • Arabic: مأرب
  • Arabic: مدينة مأرب
  • Armenian: Մարիբ
  • Asturian: Ma’rib
  • Azerbaijani: Mərib
  • Bengali: মারিব
  • Catalan: Ma’rib
  • Catalan: Mariaba
  • Catalan: Marib
  • Cebuano: Ma’rib
  • Cebuano: Marib
  • Chinese: Marib
  • Chinese: 馬利卜
  • Chinese: 馬里卜
  • Chinese: 马里卜
  • Chinese: 马里布
  • Croatian: Ma’rib
  • Croatian: Marib
  • Czech: Marib
  • Danish: Marib
  • Dutch: Ma’rib
  • Dutch: Marib
  • Egyptian Arabic: مأرب
  • Egyptian Arabic: مارب
  • Esperanto: Ma’rib
  • Esperanto: Marib
  • Finnish: Marib
  • French: Ma’rib
  • French: Mareb
  • French: Marib
  • Galician: Ma’rib
  • Galician: Marib
  • Georgian: მარიბი
  • German: Ma’rib
  • German: Mariaba
  • German: Marib
  • Greek: Μαρίμπ
  • Hebrew: מארב
  • Hebrew: מאריב
  • Hungarian: Márib
  • Icelandic: Marib
  • Indonesian: Ma’arib
  • Italian: Ma’rib
  • Japanese: マアリブ
  • Korean: 마리브
  • Lithuanian: Maribas
  • Malay: Marib
  • Min Nan Chinese: Marib
  • Mingrelian: მარიბი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Marib
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ma’rib
  • Persian: مأرب
  • Polish: Ma’rib
  • Polish: Marib
  • Portuguese: Ma’rib
  • Portuguese: Maarib
  • Portuguese: Marib
  • Romanian: Ma’rib
  • Russian: Мариб
  • Scots: Ma’rib
  • Scots: Marib
  • Scots: مأرب
  • Serbian: Мариб
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marib
  • Slovenian: Marib
  • Somali: Marib
  • Spanish: Ma’rib
  • Spanish: Mareb
  • Spanish: Marib
  • Spanish: Mariba
  • Swedish: Marib
  • Thai: มะอ์ริบ
  • Turkish: Ma’rib
  • Turkish: Marib
  • Turkish: Merib
  • Ukrainian: Маріб
  • Urdu: مآرب
  • Urdu: مأرب
  • Vietnamese: Ma’rib
  • Vietnamese: Marib City
  • Western Panjabi: مآرب

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