Yarim
Yarim
يريم | |
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Town | |
| Street view of Yarim Street view of Yarim | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen |
| Governorate | Ibb |
| District | Yarim |
| Elevation | 9,800 ft (3,000 m) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 46,964 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Yarim (Arabic: يريم) is a town in Ibb Governorate of Yemen. Located in the highlands, Yarim is approximately halfway between Sanaa, Yemen's capital, and Taizz. The ruins of Zafar, an ancient Himyarite site, are 10 kilometers southeast of the town.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The town of Yarim lies in the heart of the Yemen Highlands, on an upland plateau dominated by the massif of nearby Mount Sumarah, which rises to about 10,000 feet or 3,000 metres above sea level.
Climate
[edit | edit source]Yarim has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).
| Climate data for Yarim | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.9 (44.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) |
12 (0.5) |
23 (0.9) |
57 (2.2) |
50 (2.0) |
18 (0.7) |
85 (3.3) |
123 (4.8) |
39 (1.5) |
8 (0.3) |
9 (0.4) |
4 (0.2) |
437 (17.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit | edit source]In antiquity, the Yarim area was the core of the Himyarite Kingdom, which ruled over much of Southern Arabia from about 115 BC to about AD 575. The Himyarite capital of Zafar was located about 9 miles south of Yarim.
The Swedish explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål (1732–1763) died in Yarim, where he went to collect botanical and zoological specimens.
Yarim was captured by the Houthis in October 2014 as part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen.[4] It was subsequently targeted by Operation Decisive Storm.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Yarim entry in the Britannica Britannica entry on Yarim
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