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.

2000 USS Cole bombing → city → Aden ⓘ

Operation Decisive Storm → location → Aden ⓘ

Pêro da Covilhã → visited → Aden ⓘ

Arabian Sea coast → hasMajorPort → Aden ⓘ

Yemeni Air Force → operatesAirbasesIn → Aden ⓘ

Zheng He → sailedTo → Aden ⓘ

East Indies station → garrison → Aden ⓘ

subject surface form: East Indies Station

Islam in Yemen → importantCity → Aden ⓘ

Operation Magic Carpet → location → Aden ⓘ

Government of Yemen → deFactoSeatOfGovernment → Aden ⓘ

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yemen → headquartersLocation → Aden ⓘ

Socotra Airport → connectsTo → Aden ⓘ

Arab naval forces → basedIn → Aden ⓘ

No. 203 Squadron RAF → theatreOfOperations → Aden ⓘ

Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → deployment → Aden ⓘ

Aden Police → jurisdiction → Aden ⓘ

Aden Protectorate Levies → garrison → Aden ⓘ

Federal Regular Army → garrisonLocation → Aden ⓘ

National Liberation Front → activeIn → Aden ⓘ

subject surface form: National Liberation Front (South Yemen)

Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen → operationalArea → Aden ⓘ

Crater mutiny → location → Aden ⓘ

Radfan mountains → locatedNear → Aden ⓘ

South Yemen Civil War → location → Aden ⓘ

South Yemen Civil War → primaryCityAffected → Aden ⓘ

Government of Bombay Presidency → appliesToJurisdiction → Aden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Settlement (in certain periods)

Aden rupee → usedIn → Aden ⓘ

Government of Aden → capital → Aden ⓘ

Khormaksar district → locatedIn → Aden ⓘ

British colonial administration in Aden → administeredTerritory → Aden ⓘ

British colonial administration in Aden → capital → Aden ⓘ

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South → capital → Aden ⓘ

Aqrabi → borderedBy → Aden ⓘ

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar → givenName → Aden ⓘ

Greater Aden metropolitan area → hasCoreCity → Aden ⓘ

Greater Aden metropolitan area → centeredOn → Aden ⓘ

Greater Aden metropolitan area → hasPortCity → Aden ⓘ

Lahej Sultanate → sharesHistoryWith → Aden ⓘ

Lahij Governorate (broad area association) → nearbyPortCity → Aden ⓘ

subject surface form: Lahij Governorate

England–Australia → commonIntermediatePort → Aden ⓘ

subject surface form: England–Australia maritime route

Southampton–Sydney → typicalIntermediateStop → Aden ⓘ