Al Bayda (Town)
Town in Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Bayda (Arabic: ٱلْبَيْضَاء, romanized: Al-Bayḍāʾ, not to be confused with Al-Bayda' in Al-Jawf, the ancient Nashaq), also known as Baida,[2] Al-Baidhah or Beida, is a town in the Governorate of Al-Bayda in Yemen.
Al-Bayda
ٱلْبَيْضَاء | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Al-Bayda Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 13°58′35″N 45°34′15″E | |
| Country | Yemen |
| Governorate | Al Bayda Governorate |
| District | Al Bayda |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Nasser al Khader Abderbo al-Sawadi |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 29,853[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
It is located 130 miles (210 kilometres) SE of Sana'a. Rada' (Arabic: رَدَاع, romanized: Radāʿ) is the present capital of the Governorate of Al Bayda.
History
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It is the historical capital of the Beda Sultanate from 1636 until 1930.
On 8 October 2014, at least nine people were killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, officials say. The official Saba News Agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault, which was repelled.[3]
In July 2021, al-Bayda was the site of intense fighting between Yemeni government-backed forces (aided by their ally Saudi Arabia) on the one hand and Houthi fighters on the other.[4]
Population
According to the 2011 Yemeni census, its population is 29,853.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Al Bayda' | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23 (73) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19 (66) |
22.5 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5 (41) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
19 (0.7) |
51 (2.0) |
45 (1.8) |
15 (0.6) |
81 (3.2) |
120 (4.7) |
35 (1.4) |
6 (0.2) |
7 (0.3) |
3 (0.1) |
399 (15.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
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