Yemen
Al Mahrah Governorate
Al Ghaydah District

Al Ghayḑah

Al Ghaydah is the capital city of Al Mahrah Governorate in south-eastern . It is one of the easternmost cities in the country, located near Yemen's border with .
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  • Type: City with 13,500 residents
  • Description: Yemeni settlement on the Guardafui Channel
  • Also known as: “Al Ghaydah”, “Al Ghayḑah, الغيضة, Ghaidha, Al Ghaydah, الغيضة, Ghaidha”, “Al Ghayzah”, and “Ghaidha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Ghaydah Airport.

Aerodrome
is an near Al Ghaydah, in Mahrah Governorate of south-eastern .

Al Ghayḑah

Latitude
16.21102° or 16° 12′ 40″ north
Longitude
52.18284° or 52° 10′ 58″ east
Population
13,500
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
IATA airport code
AAY
United Nations Location Code
YE AAY
Open location code
7H8J656M+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1226172607
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
79700
Wiki­data ID
Q310626
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al Ghayḑah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغيضة”
  • Arabic: “الغيظة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Geyda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Gəyda”
  • Basque: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Гайда”
  • Cebuano: “Al Ghayz̧ah”
  • Chinese: “艾尔格哈达”
  • Chinese: “艾爾格哈達”
  • Chinese: “蓋達 (也門城市)”
  • Chinese: “蓋達 (葉門城市)”
  • Chinese: “蓋達”
  • Chinese: “費利克斯航空”
  • Croatian: “Al-Ghaida”
  • Czech: “Gajda”
  • Dutch: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الغيضه”
  • French: “Al Ghaidah”
  • French: “Al Ghaydah”
  • German: “Al Ghaydah”
  • German: “al-Ghaida”
  • German: “Al-Ghaida”
  • German: “Al-Ghaydah”
  • Hebrew: “אל גאידה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-גאידה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-גיידה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ע’יט’ה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ראידה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ריידה”
  • Hebrew: “אלע’יצ’ה”
  • Italian: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Italian: “Al-Ghayda”
  • Japanese: “ガイダ”
  • Lithuanian: “Ghaida”
  • Malay: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Mingrelian: “ელ-ღაიდა”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Persian: “الغیضة”
  • Persian: “غیضه”
  • Polish: “Al-Ghajda”
  • Portuguese: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Romanian: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Russian: “Эль-Гайда”
  • Scots: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al-Ghaida”
  • Spanish: “Al Ghaydah”
  • Thai: “อัลฆ็อยเฎาะฮ์”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Гайда”
  • Urdu: “الغیضہ”

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