Hayy al Qulu`ah
Hayy al Qulu`ah is a suburb in Mualla District, Aden Governorate. Hayy al Qulu`ah is situated nearby to the suburb Al Ma`alla‘, as well as near the neighborhood Hafoon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Gold Mohur Hotel.
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. Cisterns of Tawila is situated 3½ km east of Hayy al Qulu`ah.
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.
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. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.
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 4 km east of Hayy al Qulu`ah.
Hayy al Qulu`ah
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Al Qulū‘ah”, “Al Qulu`ah”, “Ḩayy al Qalū‘ah”, “Hayy al Qalu`ah”, and “Ḩayy al Qulū‘ah”
- Category: locality
- Location: Mualla District, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.78412° or 12° 47′ 3″ northLongitude
44.99885° or 44° 59′ 56″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
7H46QXMX+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 6052909195OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7489905
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Hayy al Qulu`ah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القلوعة”
- Arabic: “حي القلوعة”
- French: “Hayy al Qulu`ah”
- German: “Hayy al Qulu`ah”
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Notable Places Nearby
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