Aden

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city port city

Aden is a strategic port city in Yemen located on the Gulf of Aden, historically significant as a major maritime hub and former British colonial stronghold.

Aliases (9)

Aden Governorate ×7
Aden Settlement ×2
city of Aden ×2
Aden Province ×1
Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century) ×1
Aden municipality ×1
Crater district of Aden ×1
Port of Aden ×1
State of Aden ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → port city →
administrativeDivision	Aden Governorate →
capitalOf	Aden Governorate →
climate	arid → hot desert climate →
continent	Asia →
controlledBy	British Empire →
coordinateLatitude	12.8 N →
coordinateLongitude	45.0 E →
country	Yemen →
dateBecameBritishColony	1937 →
dateEndOfBritishRule	1967 →
economy	refining → shipping → trade →
hasBay	Aden Bay →
hasInfrastructure	container terminal → oil refinery →
hasNaturalFeature	crater → volcanic peninsula →
hasPort	Port of Aden →
historicalRole	coaling station → major maritime hub → trading center →
incorporatedInto	Republic of Yemen → Yemen Arab Republic →
isStrategicPort	true →
linkedTo	Suez Canal route →
locatedIn	Yemen →
locatedInRegion	southern Yemen →
locatedOn	Arabian Sea →
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Gulf of Aden →
nearStrait	Bab-el-Mandeb →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
partOf	Arabian Peninsula →
strategicImportance	access to Red Sea → control of shipping lanes between Europe and Asia →
timeZone	UTC+3 →
usedAs	Royal Navy base → air base → commercial port →
wasColonyOf	United Kingdom →
wasPartOf	Aden Colony → Aden Protectorate → Aden Settlement → Aden State → Federation of South Arabia → People's Democratic Republic of Yemen →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crater → Maalla ("Aden Governorate") → Port of Aden → Sheikh Othman → Steamer Point →	locatedIn
Maalla → Sheikh Othman ("Aden Governorate") → Steamer Point ("Aden Settlement") →	partOf
Colony of Aden → Federation of South Arabia →	capital
Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere →	hasCapital
Arabian Sea → Indian Ocean →	hasMajorPort
Aden Emergency → Yemeni Revolution of 2011 →	location
Colony of Aden ("Port of Aden") → Indian Ocean trade network →	majorPort
Aden Protectorate →	administeredFrom
Aden ("Aden Governorate") →	administrativeDivision
Sheikh Othman ("city of Aden") →	administrativeDivisionOf
Secretary of State for India →	appliesToJurisdiction
Aden ("Aden Governorate") →	capitalOf
Colony of Aden →	commonName
Yemen →	deFactoSeatOfGovernment
Colony of Aden ("State of Aden") →	followedBy
Maalla ("Aden municipality") →	governedAsPartOf
Aden Protectorate →	hadCapital
Governor of Bombay ("Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century)") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Crater ("Aden Governorate") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Colony of Aden →	mainCity
Yemen →	majorCity
Gulf of Aden ("city of Aden") →	namedAfter
Port of Aden →	nearbyCity
Gulf of Aden →	nearCity
Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) →	notableCityAffected
Arabia Standard Time →	observedInCountry
Eddie Izzard →	placeOfBirth
Colony of Aden ("Aden Province") →	precededBy
Steamer Point ("Aden Governorate") →	region
Arthur Rimbaud →	residence
Aden Emergency ("Crater district of Aden") →	significantPlace
British Western Aden Protectorate sphere →	surrounded
Colony of Aden ("Aden Governorate") →	todayPartOf
Aden ("Aden Settlement") →	wasPartOf