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Fun fact 2 about Al Hudaydah

Al Hudaydah Market, Yemen (11042765095)
city

During the 19th century, Hodeidah had a large slave market with slaves coming from the Oromia region of modern Ethiopia.

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Al Hudaydah

Yemen

Country
Yemen
Population
617.9K
Coordinates
14.80, 42.95
413th most populous city in the world

Hodeidah, also transliterated as Hodeda, Hodeida, Hudaida or al-Hudaydah, is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its principal port on the Red Sea and it is the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. As of 2023, it had an estimated population of 735,000.

From the “History” section

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Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0