Al-Bayda
ٱلْبَيْضَاء | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 13°58′35″N 45°34′15″E / 13.97639°N 45.57083°E | |
Country | Yemen |
Governorate | Al Bayda Governorate |
District | Al Bayda |
Government | |
• Governor | Nasser al Khader Abderbo al-Sawadi |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 29,853[1] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Al Bayda (Arabic: ٱلْبَيْضَاء, romanized: Al-Bayḍāʾ, not to be confused with Al-Bayda' in Al-Jawf, the ancient Nashaq), also known as Baida,[2] Al-Baidhah or Beida, is a town in the Governorate of Al-Bayda in Yemen.
It is located 130 miles (210 kilometres) SE of Sana'a. Rada' (Arabic: رَدَاع, romanized: Radāʿ) is the present capital of the Governorate of Al Bayda.
Yemen-Nic
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The US special forces mounted the raid in the Yakla region of Baida province against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which Washington views as the global terror network's most dangerous branch.