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City in Ibb Governorate, Yemen

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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.

Do

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.

Go there

Getting to Ibb

Airports
Aden (ADE), 157 km · Sanaa (SAH), 168 km · Djibouti-Ambouli (JIB), 290 km
  • Aden → Ibb
    161 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · $19–27
  • Sanaa → Ibb
    154 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · $16–22
  • Seiyun → Ibb
    542 km · quickest by road, 12h 46m · $65–85
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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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LalibelaET

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    595 km
  2. 02
    LamuKE

    9 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,843 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,898 km
  4. 04
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,954 km
  5. 05
    EntebbeUG

    9 ways of moving, 37 sources

    2,014 km

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Around it

Next door to Ibb

Ibb is 46 km from Taiz, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.