Fort Marbut
Fort Marbut is an archaeological site in Tawahi, Aden Governorate. Fort Marbut is situated nearby to the suburb Crater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gold Mohur Hotel.
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. Gold Mohur Hotel is situated 2½ km southeast of Fort Marbut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aden and Crater.
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.
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. Crater is situated 7 km east of Fort Marbut.
Fort Marbut
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Fort Marbūţ” and “Fort Marbūţ, Fort Marbut”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
12.78583° or 12° 47′ 9″ northLongitude
44.97444° or 44° 58′ 28″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
7H46QXPF+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1218233403OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
415162
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Fort Marbut” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة مربوط”
- French: “Fort Marbut”
- German: “Fort Marbut”
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