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Yarim

Yarim
يريم
Town
Yarim is located in Yemen
Yarim
Yarim
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 14°17′50″N 44°22′49″E / 14.29722°N 44.38028°E / 14.29722; 44.38028
Country Yemen
GovernorateIbb
DistrictYarim
Elevation
10,000[1] ft (3,000 m)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
46,964
Time zoneUTC+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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Yarim entry in the Britannica Britannica entry on Yarim
  2. ^ Burrowes, Robert D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen (2nd ed.). Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. p. 437.
  3. ^ "Climate: Yarim - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Yemen's Houthi Rebels Storm Governor's House". Al-Jazeera. Qatar. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ^ Al-Karimi, Khalid (1 April 2015). "Decisive Storm arrives in Ibb". Yemen Times. Retrieved 11 September 2015.