Aden

E22158

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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Aden canonical	71
Aden Governorate	8
Aden Settlement	2
city of Aden	2
Aden Province	1
Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century)	1
Aden Settlement (in certain periods)	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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aden Governorate
capitalOf	Aden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Gulf of Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Bay
hasInfrastructure	container terminal ⓘ oil refinery ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature	crater ⓘ volcanic peninsula ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Aden ⓘ
historicalRole	coaling station ⓘ major maritime hub ⓘ trading center ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Yemen ⓘ surface form: Republic of Yemen Yemen Arab Republic ⓘ
isStrategicPort	true ⓘ
linkedTo	Suez Canal route ⓘ
locatedIn	Yemen ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern Arabia ⓘ surface form: southern Yemen
locatedOn	Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Gulf of Aden ⓘ
nearStrait	Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ surface form: 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	Colony of Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Colony Aden Protectorate ⓘ Aden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aden Settlement Aden Protectorate ⓘ surface form: Aden State Federation of South Arabia ⓘ People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → hasCapital → Aden ⓘ

Indian Ocean → hasMajorPort → Aden ⓘ

Colony of Aden → capital → Aden ⓘ

Colony of Aden → commonName → Aden ⓘ

Colony of Aden → precededBy → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Province

Colony of Aden → followedBy → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Aden

Colony of Aden → majorPort → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Aden

Colony of Aden → mainCity → Aden ⓘ

Colony of Aden → todayPartOf → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Secretary of State for India → appliesToJurisdiction → Aden ⓘ

Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Aden ⓘ

Arabian Sea → hasMajorPort → Aden ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → namedAfter → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Aden

Gulf of Aden → nearCity → Aden ⓘ

Yemen → deFactoSeatOfGovernment → Aden ⓘ

Yemen → majorCity → Aden ⓘ

Yemeni Revolution of 2011 → location → Aden ⓘ

Aden → capitalOf → Aden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Aden → administrativeDivision → Aden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Aden → wasPartOf → Aden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement

Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) → notableCityAffected → Aden ⓘ

Governor of Bombay → hasJurisdictionOver → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century)

Crater → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

Crater → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Aden Emergency → location → Aden ⓘ

Aden Emergency → significantPlace → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crater district of Aden

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → surrounded → Aden ⓘ

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → hasCapital → Aden ⓘ

Maalla → partOf → Aden ⓘ

Maalla → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Maalla → governedAsPartOf → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden municipality

Sheikh Othman → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

Sheikh Othman → partOf → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Sheikh Othman → administrativeDivisionOf → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Aden

Steamer Point → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

Steamer Point → partOf → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement

Steamer Point → region → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Federation of South Arabia → capital → Aden ⓘ

Aden Protectorate → hadCapital → Aden ⓘ

Aden Protectorate → administeredFrom → Aden ⓘ

Arthur Rimbaud → residence → Aden ⓘ

Arabia Standard Time → observedInCountry → Aden ⓘ

Eddie Izzard → placeOfBirth → Aden ⓘ

Port of Aden → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

Port of Aden → nearbyCity → Aden ⓘ

Port of Aden → serves → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Governorate

Mukesh Ambani → birthPlace → Aden ⓘ

Britain–India → majorPortOfCall → Aden ⓘ

Royal Air Force mutiny of 1946 → location → Aden ⓘ

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen → capital → Aden ⓘ