Ta'izz (Arabic:تعز), orTaiz, is a ceety in theYemeniHeichlands, near the famousMocha port on theReid Sea, lyin at an elevation o aboot 1,400 metres abuin sea level. It is the caipital oTa'izz Govrenorate. Wi a population o ower 600,000 in 2005, it is the third lairgest ceety in Yemen efter the caipitalSana'a an the soothren port oAden.
Ta'izz haes a dramatic settin whaur the roads run up an doun the muntain sides. Abuin the ceety rises the 3,006 metres heich Sabir Muntain. The ceety is famous for the auncientJewish Sharab.
The name o the ceety appeared first at the 6t century oHijra, 12t CE, when CEO Mahdi, the brither oSalah ad-Din, arrived in Yemen in the year 1173 CE. Ta'izz wis refortified bi Salah ad-Din’s brither, Taktakeen, theAyyubid.
The seicontRasulid King, Almaddhafar (1288 CE), established Ta'izz as the seicont caipital o the Rasulid Dynasty efter Zabid.
Ibn Battutah visitit Taiz in the fowerteent century an describit it as ane o the lairgest an maist bonnie ceeties o Yemen.
Ta'izz remained a wawwed ceety till 1948 when Imam Ahmed made it the seicont caipital o Yemen, allouing for expansion ayont its fortifeed waw.
Durin the2011 Yemeni uprisinfechtin in Ta'izz resultit in anti-govrenment forces seizin control o the ceety.
The wather in Taizz is fair and beautiful maist o the time. The average daily temperature heich durin August is 30°C. Annual rainfaw o Ta'izz mey reach 760mm tae ower 1,000 on Jabal Sabir per year.
The ceety haes mony auld an bonnie quairters, wi hooses that are typically built wi broun bricks, anmosques are uisually white. Maist famous amang the mosques are theAshrafiya, theMuctabiya an theMudhaffar. An aw memorable are the auld citadel an the govrenor's palace that rests on top o a muntain spur 450 metres abuin the ceety centre.It an aw haes ane o the maist famous muntains in Yemen, the Saber muntain (amaist 3000m abuin sea level), which affords panoramic views ower the ceety.The ceety haes a Muslimmadrasa that hasuniversity status.
Syne Ta'izz receives a lot o rain, its economy is mainly based on agricultur. The economic base o Ta'izz iscoffee,[3] grown in the surroondin landscape thegither wi the mild narcoticqat an ither vegetables. Amang the ceety's awn industries arecotton-weavin, tannin an production o jewellery. Ta'izz cheese is an aw renouned throughoot Yemen.
Ta'izz the day is the lairgest industrial base in Yemen.
The ceety haes 3 fitbaa clubs pairticipatin tae theYemeni League: The maist important isAl-Saqr, winner o 2 championships, the ither areAl-Ahli anAl Rasheed.
↑Al-Buhairi, Mahyoub H.; “Analysis of Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Air Temperature Variability and Trends in Taiz City - Republic of Yemen”; in Journal of Environmental Protection, 2010 (1); pp. 401-409
