ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART Asia Arabia Gulf of Aden Harbor .

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ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP
NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
Asia-Arabia
Gulf of Aden Harbor, Approaches to Aden Harbor, Marla Wharf, Ras Kutan, Aden Peninsula, SHAMSHAN
from british surveys to 1936
See Photos for condition.
Aden
(
UK
:
/
ˈ
eɪ
d
ən
/
AY
-dən
,
US
:
/
ˈ
ɑː
d
ɛ
n
/
AH
-den
;
Arabic
:
عدن
ʿAdin
/
ʿAdan
Yemeni
:
[ˈʕæden, ˈʕædæn]
) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of
Yemen
, near the eastern approach to the
Red Sea
(the
Gulf of Aden
), some 170 km (110 mi) east of the strait
Bab-el-Mandeb
. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. Aden's natural
harbour
lies in the crater of a dormant volcano, which now forms a peninsula joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient
Kingdom of Awsan
between the 7th to 5th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden gives its name to the Gulf of Aden.
Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centres:
Crater
, the original port city;
Ma'alla
, the modern port;
Tawahi
, known as "Steamer Point" in the
colonial period
; and the resorts of Gold Mohur.
Khormaksar
, on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of
Aden University
, and
Aden International Airport
(the former British Royal Air Force station
RAF Khormaksar
), Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of
Sheikh Othman
, a former oasis area;
Al-Mansura
, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b (formerly Madinat al-Itihad), the site designated as the capital of the
South Arabian Federation
and now home to a large power/
desalinization
facility and additional faculties of Aden University.
Aden encloses the eastern side of a vast, natural harbour that constitutes the modern port. A long time ago this necessitated the existence of Aden's reservoirs, the
Cisterns of Tawila
. As described by 14th century scholar
Ibn Battuta
, "These reservoirs accumulate rainwater for the sole purpose of drinking for the city's citizens. The city is prosperous with rich merchants living here and Indian vessels arriving for trade."
[2]
The volcanic peninsula of
Little Aden
[
clarify
]
forms a near-mirror image, enclosing the harbour and port on the western side. Little Aden became the site of the
oil refinery
and tanker port. Both were established and operated by
British Petroleum
until they were turned over to Yemeni government ownership and control in 1978.
Aden was the capital of the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
until that country's unification with the
Yemen Arab Republic
in 1990, and again briefly served as Yemen's temporary capital during the
aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen
, as declared by President
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
after he fled the
Houthi
occupation of
Sana'a
.
[3]
From March to July 2015, the
Battle of Aden
raged between Houthis and government forces of President Hadi. Water, food, and medical supplies ran short in the city.
[4]
On 14 July, the
Saudi Army
launched an offensive to retake Aden for the Yemeni government. Within three days the Houthis had been removed from the city.
[5]
Since
February 2018
, Aden has been seized by the
Southern Transitional Council
, that is supported by UAE, the Southern Transitional Council was formed from previous Aden Mayor Aidroos Alzubaidi after he was dismissed from his post by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi together with s