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Fun fact 5 about Aden

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Aden's population declined to about 600 people during Ottoman rule.

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Aden

Yemen

Country
Yemen
Population
863.0K
Coordinates
12.78, 45.04
344th most populous city in the world

Aden is an ancient port city in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea, and has been the de facto capital of Yemen since 2014. It is approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.

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