Aden facts for kids
Aden (Arabic: عدن ʿAdan) is a port city in Yemen. It is at the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden). About 800,000 people live there. Aden was controlled by the British Empire from 1839 to 1967.
Images for kids
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Port of Aden from ISS, 2016
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Portuguese conquistador and viceroy Afonso de Albuquerque failed twice to conquer Aden in 1513, though Portuguese rule would later be established from 1513 until 1548.
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1951 stamp depicting Steamer Point with the outside of the volcanic rim of Crater in the background
See also
- In Spanish: Adén
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