Ibb
Ibb is a city in Yemen, the capital of Ibb Governorate, located about 117 km (73 mi) northeast of Mokha and 194 km (121 mi) south of Sanaa.
Ibb is a city in Yemen, the capital of Ibb Governorate, located about 117 km (73 mi) northeast of Mokha and 194 km (121 mi) south of Sanaa. A market town and administrative centre developed during the Ottoman Empire, it is one of the most important medium-sized cities in the country. It is situated on a mountain ridge, surrounded by fertile land. As of 2023, it has an estimated population of 771,500 residents.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The city's towering stone houses, with geometrical friezes and circular stained glass windows, are known as qamiriya. The main mosque was built during the Ottoman period, and there are other mosques and also a fortress in the vicinity, closed to visitors. An ancient overhead aqueduct remains.
From Wikivoyage: Ibb, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
The main football team is Al Sha'ab Ibb.
From Wikivoyage: Ibb, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Ibb
- Airports
- Aden (ADE), 157 km · Sanaa (SAH), 168 km · Djibouti-Ambouli (JIB), 290 km
- Aden → Ibb161 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · $19–27
- Sanaa → Ibb154 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · $16–22
- Seiyun → Ibb542 km · quickest by road, 12h 46m · $65–85
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ibb
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ibb. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ibb
Ibb is 46 km from Taiz, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.