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Dhale
Dhale
الضالع | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Partial view of Dhala in 1937, with the main mosque in the foreground. Atop the hill is the castle where the hereditary Amir of Dhala resided. Dhala, 65 miles or 105 kilometres north of Aden, lies 4,800 feet or 1,460 metres above sea level. It was then one of the states of the Aden Protectorate, strategically located near the border of the Protectorate and what was then the Imamate (Kingdom) of Yemen | |
  Dhale Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 13°41′48″N 44°43′51″E / 13.69667°N 44.73083°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Dhale Governorate |
| District | Dhale |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 21,783 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali[1] and Dhalea[2] and sometimes prefixed with Al[3] or Ad[4] (Arabic: الضالع, romanized: Aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), is the capital town of Dhale Governorate in south-western Yemen. It is located at around 13°41′48″N 44°43′51″E / 13.69667°N 44.73083°E, at an elevation of around 1500 metres.
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