Sanaa

Sanaa 

Sanaa is the political capital (officially) and historical Yemen , one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities with a history of the fifth century BC, at least  . Located in the center of the country in the high mountainous area on the Sarwat Mountains , rising from the sea 2300 meters. In the past the city was not only occupies a small area of ​​the bottom of Sanaa spacious, which extends from Mount Let's east and west of Mount Ayban, but increased in the Islamic covenants and widened the wall circle. In recent centuries it has been developed in the west of Bir Al-Azab contiguity and space superiority, and it was the Ottoman presence gained the upper hand in its creation, and in the west of Bir Al-Azab held at the bottom of the seventeenth century Jewish neighborhood of Sanaa. Since the revolution of September 26, 1962 Sana'a began experiencing enormous changes and spread the old Sana'a and (Bir Al-Azab) outside its walls and intensify crept Urban in all directions.  called the Capital Secretariat in official circles, which is the administrative center of the province of Sanaa , and has a population of about 2.229 million  , the capital secretariat is divided administratively into nine districts , are gaining importance as the capital of political and historical the Republic of Yemen, where he concentrated ministries , institutions and government departments, as well as the activity of trade and industry wide, characterized by the city of Sanaa character architect Fred qualifying to be among the cities historic World , one of the world's most beautiful cities and is characterized by the capital climate moderation in separate winter and in the separation of summer . Old Sanaa from UNESCO World Heritage sites and have distinctive character because of the unique architectural characteristics, in particular multi-storey buildings decorated with geometric patterns. 

In February 2015, it closed embassies of the United States and the UK المتحدة وألمانيا وفرنسا وإيطاليا وتركيا وهولندا واليابان وسفارات Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other countries embassies in Sanaa because of the deteriorating security situation, after the control of rebels on صنعاء،  وأعادت السعودية والإمارات والكويت والبحرين وقطر فتح Their embassies in the city of Aden  in which the President began Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, after his release from Sanaa. And it announced a temporary capital of Yemen in the March 7, 2015 ,  instead of Sanaa, which he described Bamahtlh of the Houthis .