Yemeni Mountains
Taiz Governorate
Salh District

Ta’izz

Ta'izz is a city in the south of the . It is better developed than most Yemeni cities, with very good roads. It is also reasonably clean. The climate is quite pleasant throughout the year.
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  • Type: City with 459,000 residents
  • Description: city in the Yemeni Highlands
  • Also known as: “Taiz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairo Castle.

Castle
Photo: Wikissance, Public domain.
Al-Qahira Castle is a historical castle in the ancient city of Taiz, . It is located on the northern slope of , which is based on rocky highlands overlooking the city.

Ta’izz

Latitude
13.5752° or 13° 34′ 31″ north
Longitude
44.0215° or 44° 1′ 18″ east
Population
459,000
Elevation
1,400 metres (4,593 feet)
IATA airport code
TAI
United Nations Location Code
YE TAI
Open location code
7H56H2GC+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 263261532
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
70225
Wiki­data ID
Q466216
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Ta’izz” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Taizz”
  • Arabic: “تعز”
  • Arabic: “مدينة تعز”
  • Armenian: “Թաիզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Taiz”
  • Basque: “Ta’izz”
  • Belarusian: “Таіз”
  • Bengali: “তাইজ”
  • Bulgarian: “Таиз”
  • Catalan: “Taizz”
  • Cebuano: “Ta‘izz”
  • Central Kurdish: “تەعز”
  • Chinese: “塔伊兹”
  • Chinese: “塔伊兹市”
  • Chinese: “塔伊茲”
  • Croatian: “Taiz”
  • Croatian: “Taizz”
  • Czech: “Ta’izz”
  • Czech: “Taiz”
  • Danish: “Ta’izz”
  • Danish: “Taiz”
  • Dutch: “Ta’izz”
  • Dutch: “Taiz”
  • Dutch: “Taizz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تعز”
  • Esperanto: “Taiz”
  • Esperanto: “Taizo”
  • Estonian: “Ta‘izz”
  • Estonian: “Ta’izz”
  • Estonian: “Taizz”
  • Finnish: “Ta’izz”
  • Finnish: “Taiz”
  • French: “Ta’izz”
  • French: “Taez”
  • French: “Taëz”
  • Georgian: “თაიზი”
  • German: “Ta-izz”
  • German: “Ta’izz”
  • German: “Taiz”
  • German: “Taizz”
  • German: “Taʿizz”
  • Greek: “Ταΐζ”
  • Gujarati: “તાઝ”
  • Hebrew: “תעז”
  • Hindi: “ताइज़”
  • Hungarian: “Taizz”
  • Indonesian: “Ta’izz”
  • Indonesian: “Taiz”
  • Irish: “Ta’izz”
  • Italian: “Ta’izz”
  • Italian: “Taʿizz”
  • Japanese: “タイズ”
  • Kabardian: “Таиз”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ta’izz”
  • Kannada: “ತಾಯಿಜ್ ,”
  • Kazakh: “Таиз қаласы”
  • Korean: “타이즈”
  • Latvian: “Taiza”
  • Lithuanian: “Taizas”
  • Malay: “Ta’izz”
  • Malay: “Taiz”
  • Marathi: “ताइस”
  • Mingrelian: “თაიზი”
  • Mongolian: “Таиз”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ta’izz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taiz”
  • Norwegian: “Ta’izz”
  • Ossetian: “Таиз”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਈਜ਼”
  • Persian: “تعز”
  • Polish: “Ta’izz”
  • Polish: “Taizz”
  • Portuguese: “Ta’izz”
  • Portuguese: “Taiz”
  • Portuguese: “Taizz”
  • Romanian: “Ta’izz”
  • Romanian: “Ta`izz”
  • Russian: “Таиз”
  • Russian: “Таизз”
  • Scots: “Ta’izz”
  • Serbian: “Таиз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taiz”
  • Sinhala: “ටායිස්”
  • Slovak: “Taizz (mesto)”
  • Slovak: “Taizz”
  • Slovenian: “Taiz”
  • Somali: “Ta’izz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تَعِز”
  • Spanish: “Ta’izz”
  • Spanish: “Taiz”
  • Swedish: “Taiz”
  • Swedish: “Taizz”
  • Tamil: “த ‘இஸ்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “టాయిజ్”
  • Thai: “Ta’izz”
  • Thai: “Taiz”
  • Thai: “ตะอิซซ์”
  • Thai: “ตาอีซ”
  • Turkish: “Ta’izz”
  • Turkish: “Taiz”
  • Turkish: “Taizz”
  • Ukrainian: “Таїз”
  • Urdu: “تعز”
  • Uzbek: “Taiz”
  • Venetian: “Ta’izz”
  • Vietnamese: “Ta’izz”
  • Vietnamese: “Taiz”
  • Vietnamese: “Taizz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ta’izz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taiz”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ta’izz”. Photo: aiace, CC BY 2.0.