Yemeni Highlands
Yemen is located in West Asia, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is situated at the entrance to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and is one of the most active and strategic shipping lanes in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mukalla.
Mukalla
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Mukalla is in the Yemeni Highlands and is eastern Yemen's biggest city, the gateway to the historical Hadhramaut region. A bustling port, it is well developed by Yemeni standards, with good roads and a reasonably smart waterfront.
Yemeni Highlands
- Type: highland
- Description: highland region in Yemen
- Also known as: “Yemen Highlands”
- Location: Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
15.83° or 15° 49′ 48″ northLongitude
49.13° or 49° 7′ 48″ eastOpen location code
7H7FR4HH+XXWikidata ID
Q4205819
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Yemeni Highlands” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Йеменски планини”
- Chinese: “也門高原”
- Chinese: “也门高原”
- Chinese: “葉門高原”
- Esperanto: “Jemena Altaĵo”
- Japanese: “イエメン高原”
- Kazakh: “Йемен таулары”
- Kirghiz: “Йемен тоолору”
- Korean: “예멘 고원”
- Lithuanian: “Jemeno kalnai”
- Russian: “Йеменские горы”
- Uzbek: “Yaman togʻlari”
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