Lahij: facts

At a glance

• Country: Yemen
• Region: Laḩij
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 23,375
• Coordinates: 13.0567° N, 44.8819° E
• Time zone: Asia/Aden (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Rial (YER)
• Distance to the capital, Sanaa: 266 km (165 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Aden International Airport (ADE): 30 km (19 mi), straight line
• Taiz International Airport (TAI): 107 km (66 mi), straight line
• Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB, Djibouti): 251 km (156 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Ash Shaykh `Uthman: 23 km (15 mi)
• Al Mansurah: 24 km (15 mi)
• Khawr Maksar: 32 km (20 mi)
• At Tawahi: 32 km (20 mi)
• Al Ma`alla': 32 km (20 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Aden, 35 km (22 mi)