🏛️ Old City of Sana'a

Yemen · Asia · Cultural · 15.35°N, 44.21°E

Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), Sanaa is the seventh highest capital city in the world and is situated between the Sarawat Mountains of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb and Jabal Tiyal, considered the highest mountains in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the highest in the Middle East.

Read the full article on Wikipedia →

Quick facts

Country	Yemen
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	15.35°N, 44.21°E · view on map

Old City of Sana'a is a cultural World Heritage site in Yemen, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Old City of Sana'a was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Yemen

Old Walled City of Shibam · Soqotra Archipelago · Old City of Sana'a · Historic Town of Zabid · Socotra Archipelago · Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib.

Coordinates are an approximate site centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.