Yemen
Shabwah Governorate
Ataq District

Ataq

Ataq, alternately spelled Attaq, is a small city and the capital of in . Ataq is 458 km south east of . The difference in elevation of the city is about 70 m with generally partially flat topography with altitudinal variation in the range of 1120–1190 m.a.s.l.
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  • Type: City with 20,400 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “`Ataq”, “Ataq、Attaq”, “Attak”, and “Attaq”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ataq Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving Ataq, the capital city of the in the southeastern part of . On January 8th 2025, the Civil Aviation & Meteorology Authority announced the reopening of the airport for commercial use…

Ataq

Latitude
14.52774° or 14° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
46.84538° or 46° 50′ 43″ east
Population
20,400
Elevation
1,148 metres (3,766 feet)
IATA airport code
AXK
United Nations Location Code
YE AXK
Open location code
7H68GRHW+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296960467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
77726
Wiki­data ID
Q1276081
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Satellite Map

Discover Ataq from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ataq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “‘Atāq”
  • Arabic: “عتق، شبوة”
  • Arabic: “عتق”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ətək (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ətək”
  • Catalan: “Ataq”
  • Cebuano: “Ataq”
  • Chinese: “阿塔格”
  • Croatian: “Ataq”
  • Czech: “‘Atak”
  • Dutch: “‘Ataq”
  • Dutch: “’Ataq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عتق”
  • Finnish: “Ataq”
  • French: “Ataq”
  • German: “ʿAtaq”
  • Hebrew: “עתק”
  • Irish: “Ataq”
  • Japanese: “アタク”
  • Malay: “Ataq”
  • Mingrelian: “ატაქი”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ataq”
  • Persian: “عتاق”
  • Persian: “عتق”
  • Polish: “Atak”
  • Romanian: “`Ataq”
  • Russian: “Атак”
  • Scots: “Ataq”
  • Serbian: “Атак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atak”
  • Spanish: “Ataq”
  • Ukrainian: “Атак”
  • Urdu: “عتاق”
  • Urdu: “عتق”

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