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Capital Aden
Language(s) Arabic
Political structure Colony
History
 - Established 1838
 - Disestablished November 30, 1967
Area 121 km² (47 sq mi)

The Colony of Aden (Arabic: مستعمرة عدنMustaʿmarat ʿAdan) was a British Crown colony from 1838 to 1963 and consisted of the port city of Aden and its immediate surroundings. Before 1838, the 121 km² territory was ruled by the Bombay Presidency of British India and known as the Aden Settlement.

On 18 January 1963, it became the "State of Aden" (Arabic: ولاية عدنWilāyat ʿAdan) in the new Federation of South Arabia. The federation in turn became the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30 November 1967. The hinterland of the Aden Colony was known as the Aden Protectorate.

References

British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations

Legend
Current territory  ·   Former territory
* now a Commonwealth Realm  ·   now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations