Hai Shamsan
Hai Shamsan is a suburb in Crater District, Aden Governorate. Hai Shamsan is situated nearby to the suburb Hai al Huseini, as well as near Crater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Sira Castle.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen 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.
Sira Castle
Castle
Photo: Amspost, Public domain.
Sira Fortress/Castle is a military site in Aden, Yemen. The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military.
Saba’ Palace
Building
Saba' Palace is a palace in Aden, Yemen. It overlooks the Arabian Sea. Saba’ Palace is situated 2½ km north of Hai Shamsan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crater and Aden.
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.
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.
Hai Shamsan
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Hayy Shamsan” and “Ḩayy Shamsān”
- Category: locality
- Location: Crater District, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
12.77889° or 12° 46′ 44″ northLongitude
45.03083° or 45° 1′ 51″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
7H47Q2HJ+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1218233797OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
415204
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Hai Shamsan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي شمسان”
- French: “Hai Shamsan”
- German: “Hai Shamsan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hai al Huseini and Crater.
Notable Places Nearby
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