Yarim

Yarim (Arabic: يريم) is a town in the Ibb Governorate of Yemen.

Yarim
يريم
Town
Yarim is located in Yemen
Yarim
Yarim
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 14°17′50″N 44°22′49″E
Country Yemen
GovernorateIbb
DistrictYarim
Elevation
10,000[1] ft (3,000 m)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total46,964
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Geography

It 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

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
Average high °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)
Average low °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[2]

History

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.[3] It was subsequently targeted by Operation Decisive Storm.[4]

See also

References
  1. Yarim entry in the Britannica Britannica entry on Yarim
  2. "Climate: Yarim - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. "Yemen's Houthi Rebels Storm Governor's House". Al-Jazeera. Qatar. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. Al-Karimi, Khalid (1 April 2015). "Decisive Storm arrives in Ibb". Yemen Times. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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