Dhubab is a small coastal town in the
Taiz Governorate
Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a governorate of Yemen. The governorate's capital is Taiz, which is the third largest city in Yemen. Today it is the most important commercial centre in Yemen owing to its proximity to the richest farmland in ...
of south-western Yemen. It is the seat of
Dhubab District
Bab al-Mandab District ( ar, مديرية ذباب) also known as Dhubab District is a district of the Taiz Governorate, Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It ...
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History
During World War I, British patrol vessels shelled Dhubab fort in November 1914. They later opened fire on
Yakhtul on 8 December 1914, damaging 7 or 8 dhows moored there.
Geography
Dhubab lies on the coast of the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
on a jutting headland, 46.6 kilometres by road south of
Mocha and north of
Mayyun.
References
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Populated places in Taiz Governorate
Populated coastal places in Yemen