Middle East
Yemen
Aden Governorate

Crater District

Crater District is in , . Crater District is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Sira Castle.

Reservoir
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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
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aden and Crater.

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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.

Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also Kraytar, is a district of the , . Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.

Crater District

Latitude
12.7731° or 12° 46′ 23″ north
Longitude
45.0381° or 45° 2′ 17″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7H47Q2FQ+66
Geo­Names ID
6940814
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