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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 1,746 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east .
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| Area Total :
| 527,970 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 527,970 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 0 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,906 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 67,000 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 67,000 km .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun .
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San'a (Arabic:romanized as and also known as Sanaa or Sana'a), population 1,747,627 (2004 census), is the capital of Yemen and the center of San'a Governorate. San'a is located at 15.354722? N 44.20667? E.
San'a lies in the heart of Yemeni highlands on a plateau at an altitude of 2200m surrounded by several mountains notably Jabal Nuqum and Aiban. The city is around 320 Km north of Aden.
San'a is one of the ancient Yemen cities dating back to the Sabean dynasty. The oldest reference to its existence is found in inscriptions which date back to the 1st Century AD. It is suggested that San'a was the capital of the Himyarite kingdom at the onset of the 6th Century AD.
When King Yousef Athar (or Dhu Nuwas), the last of the Himyarite kings, was in power San'a was also the capital of the Ethiopian viceroys, then after 570 of the Persians.
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