Sana'a

Sana'a or Sanˤā' (Arabic: صنعاءcode: ar is deprecated , romanized as Ṣanʻāʼ or Sanaa), is the capital city of Yemen and the capital of Sana'a Governorate, but instead forms the separate governorate of ʾAmānat al-ʿĀṣimah (Arabic: أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَةcode: ar is deprecated ). It had a population of 1,747,627 (as of 2004).

صنعاءcode: ar is deprecated Ṣanʿāʾ
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E
Country	Yemen
Administrative division	Amanat Al Asimah
Government
• Type	Local
• Mayor: Abdulrahman al-Akwaa	Numan Dowaid
Elevation	7,380 ft (2,250 m)
Population  (2004)
• City	1,747,627
• Metro	2,167,961
Time zone	GMT+3

In the 2010s, it became a battlefield in the Civil War. The government moved to Aden as the city fell under control of the Houthi movement, on September 21, 2014.

Sana'a Media

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  The walls of Sana'a in the 1950s

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  The Sanaʽa manuscript, found in Sanaʽa in 1972, is one of the oldest Quranic manuscripts in existence.

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  Ottoman map of Sanaa, 1874

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  Dar al-Hajar, the residence of Imam Yahya in the Wādī Ẓahr (وادى ظهرcode: ar is deprecated ) near Sanaʽa

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  A 1958 view of Taizz Road, just outside the Bab al-Yaman

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  View of Wadi as-Sailah street in 1988, with the minaret of the al-Mahdi Mosque visible in the background

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  Attabari Elementary School, Old City of Sanaʽa

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  Houthi Expansion in Yemen from 2014 to 2015

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  Jabal Nuqm or Jabal Nuqum (Arabic: جَبَل نُقُمcode: ar is deprecated ) of the Yemeni Sarawat in the area of Sanaa. Local legend has it that after the death of Noah, his son Shem built the city at the base of this mountain.

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  The 1,000-year-old Bab Al-Yemen (Gate of The Yemen) at the centre of the old town