Travel Guide Taizz

256 kilometres south of Sana'a, Ta is located in a very fertile agricultural area producing fruits, vegetables and cereals of all kinds. It also grows mimosas, flamboyant, bougainvillea and jasmine, with mild, mild and sunny climate. The city had very close relations with Aden when it became a major British port on the road to India. Its population, of 700 000 inhabitants, has many Taizzi who had worked in Aden in the time of the English and helped to Establish the Republic of Northern Yemen, as well as the Adeni intellectuals who fled the socialist regime imposed on the South after the departure of the English. Large manufacturers and traders, such as Hael Said An-Am, reside in Ta and install agri-food factories (mills, biscuiteries, dairies, etc.). Located at 1 400 metres above the foothills of Jebel Saber, the town is modern. Only a small residential area, near the mosques and the souk, recalls its long history.