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Aden, (Arabic 'Adan)
Capital of South Yemen, on a rocky peninsula
at the SW corner of Arabia, commanding the
entrance to the Red Sea; population (1984)
318,000. It comprises the new administrative
centre Madinet al-Sha'ab; the commercial and
business quarters of Crater and Tawahi, and
the harbour area of Ma'alla. The city's
economy is based on oil refining, fishing,
and shipping. A British territory from 1839,
Aden became part of independent South Yemen
1967. history After annexation by Britain,
Aden and its immediately surrounding area
(121 sq km/47 sq mi) were developed as a
ship-refuelling station following the opening
of the Suez Canal 1869. It was a colony
1937-63 and then, after a period of
transitional violence among rival nationalist
groups and British forces, was combined with
the former Aden protectorate (290,000 sq km/
112,000 sq mi) to create the Southern Yemen
People's Republic 1967, later re-named the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
Subject by: Russell Webb