Ta`izz (English spelling)

Japanese: タイズ（英語表記）Ta`izz

A city in western Yemen. It is located on a plateau at an altitude of 1,400 m at the northern foot of Mount Subur, about 210 km south of the capital Sana'a. It has a wall and five gates, and mosques and schools built in the 13th to 15th centuries remain. The Ayyubid dynasty, which conquered Yemen in 1173-74, made Taiz its capital, which continued until the 15th century. It was then under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire until 1918, but the Zaydi imams often rebelled and occupied Taiz on several occasions. The agricultural products of the area are coffee, vegetables, and khat (a light narcotic drug), and the country's first waterworks were completed throughout the city in the 1960s. There is an aluminum household goods factory. It is a transportation hub where the East-West Highway to Muha on the Red Coast and the North-South Highway from Aden to Sana'a intersect, and there is also an international airport to the northeast of the city. Population 178,430 (1986).

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Japanese:

イエメン西部の都市。首都サヌアの南方約 210km，スブル山北麓の標高 1400mの高原に位置する。城壁と5つの門をもち，13～15世紀創建のモスクや学校が現存する。 1173～74年イエメンを征服したアイユーブ朝がタイズを首都とし，15世紀まで続いた。その後 1918年までオスマン帝国の主権下に入ったが，ザイド派のイマームたちはしばしば反抗し，たびたびタイズを占拠した。周辺の農産物はコーヒー，野菜，カート (軽い麻薬) であり，60年代にこの国最初の上水道が全市的に完成した。アルミニウムの家庭用品工場がある。紅海岸のムハーにいたる東西高速道路と，アデンからサヌアにいたる南北高速道路が交わる交通の要衝で，市の北東に国際空港もある。人口 17万 8430 (1986) 。

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