Ma'rib (Marib City)
Marib (مَأْرِب; Old South Arabian: ???/???? Mryb/Mrb) is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ (سَبَأ), which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame. It is about 120 km east of Yemen's modern capital, Sanaa, and is in the region of the Sarawat Mountains. In 2005 it had a population of 16,794. However, in 2021, it had absorbed close to a million refugees fleeing the Yemeni Civil War.
Map - Ma'rib (Marib City)
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Country - Yemen
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It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the Arabian Peninsula, occupying 555,000 km2, with a coastline stretching about 2000 km. Its constitutionally stated capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2023, Yemen has an estimated population of 34.2 million.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| YER | Yemeni rial | ï·¼ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| AR | Arabic language |