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Gulf of Aden
Arabic: khalīji ¢adanPlay sound



Gulf of Aden

Western arm of the Arabian Sea, meeting the Red Sea at the strait Babu l-Mandeb.
The gulf runs in a west-east direction, between Yemen and Somalia, meeting Djibouti at the western end. It is about 900 km long, and 500 km wide at the eastern end, between Ra's Asir of Somalia and the city of al-Mukalla of Yemen.
The Gulf of Aden has important commercial shipping.




By Tore Kjeilen