Al Ma`alla District
Al Ma`alla District is a district in Aden Governorate, Yemen. Al Ma`alla District is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sheikh Ishaq حي الشيخ إسحاق, as well as near 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.
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.
Al Ma`alla District
- Type: District with 49,900 residents
- Also known as: “Al Ma‘allā”, “Al Ma‘allā’”, “Al Ma`alla‘”, “Al Mu‘alā”, and “Al Mu`ala”
- Category: locality
- Location: Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.787° or 12° 47′ 13″ northLongitude
45.0074° or 45° 0′ 27″ eastPopulation
49,900Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
7H47Q2P4+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1218233495OpenStreetMap feature
place=districtGeoNames ID
8737313
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Al Ma`alla District” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sheikh Ishaq حي الشيخ إسحاق and Al Ma`alla‘.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include مكتب بريد الشيخ اسحاق and Al Khair Mosque.
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