Sana'a: Capital city of Yemen
Sana'a or Sanˤā' (Arabic: صنعاء, romanized as Ṣanʻāʼ or Sanaa), is the capital city of Yemen and the capital of Sana'a Governorate, but instead forms the separate governorate of ʾAmānat al-ʿĀṣimah (Arabic: أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة).
It had a population of 1,747,627 (as of 2004).
Sana'a صنعاء Ṣanʿāʾ | |
|---|---|
 Sana'a | |
  Sana'a Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Administrative division | Amanat Al Asimah |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local |
| • Mayor: Abdulrahman al-Akwaa | Numan Dowaid |
| Elevation | 7,380 ft (2,250 m) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • City | 1,747,627 |
| • Metro | 2,167,961 |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
In the 2010s, it became a battlefield in the Civil War. The government moved to Aden as the city fell under control of the Houthi movement, on September 21, 2014.
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