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.
3-641: 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. Yarim has a cool semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSk ). 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
6-460: The northern highlands of Yemen . Northern Highlands and Southern Highlands are terms more commonly used presently. The Sumara Mountains just south of the town of Yarim denote the boundaries of the two regions. These two traditional regions also coincide with Gourchenour and Obermeyer's ecological zones. Major urban centers include Ibb and Taiz . This article about a location in Yemen
9-614: 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 . It was subsequently targeted by Operation Decisive Storm . Lower Yemen Lower Yemen ( Arabic : اليمن السفلى ) and Upper Yemen are traditional regions of
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