Crater

Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the , . 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 76,700 residents
  • Description: District Aden governorate, Yemen
  • Also known as: “Crater District”, “Kraytar”, “Şayrah”, and “Şīrah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Sira Castle.

Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in , 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.

Castle
Photo: Amspost, Public domain.
Sira Fortress/Castle is a military site in , . The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military.

Building
Saba' Palace is a palace in , . It overlooks the Arabian Sea. is situated 2½ km north of Crater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aden.

Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the , on the Gulf of at the southern end of the Red Sea. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.

Crater

Latitude
12.77698° or 12° 46′ 37″ north
Longitude
45.03733° or 45° 2′ 14″ east
Population
76,700
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
7H47Q2GP+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1218233803
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
73656
Wiki­data ID
Q2263449
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Crater” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صيرة”
  • Arabic: “كريتر”
  • Basque: “Krater”
  • Bengali: “ক্রেটার জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Craiter”
  • Chinese: “Craiter Koān”
  • Chinese: “崎潭”
  • Chinese: “希拉區”
  • Dutch: “Crater”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريتر”
  • Esperanto: “Kratera Distrikto”
  • Finnish: “Craiterin piirikunta”
  • French: “Crater”
  • French: “Cratère”
  • French: “Kraytar”
  • Italian: “Crater”
  • Japanese: “クレイター”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Craiter Koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Crater”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Seera”
  • Norwegian: “Crater”
  • Persian: “کریتر”
  • Romanian: “Crater, Yemen”
  • Romanian: “Crater”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Craiter, Aden”
  • Spanish: “Cráter”
  • Urdu: “کرتیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Craiter”

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