Map of the Protectorate of South Arabia

The Protectorate of South Arabia was a grouping of states under treaties of protection with Britain in what would become South Yemen. The Protectorate was designated on 18 January 1963 as consisting of those areas of the Aden Protectorate that did not join the Federation of South Arabia. A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... National motto: ??? Official language Arabic Capital Aden Area 287,680 km² Population  - Total (1973)  - Density 1,590,275 5. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aden Protectorate (Arabic: عدن حماية []) (ca. ... The Federation of South Arabia was an organization of colonies under British rule. ...

It included the Hadhrami states of Kathiri, Mahra, and Qu'aiti and Wahidi Bir Ali that were in the Eastern Aden Protectorate (with various other states) and Upper Yafa which had been part of the Western Aden Protectorate. Hadhramaut or Hadramawt (Arabic: حضرموت [Ḥaḍramawt]) is a governorate of the Republic of Yemen and a wider historical region of the south Arabian peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen (proper) to the Dhofar region of Oman. ... A postage stamp of 1942 depicts the sultan and the capital city. ... Mahra or Al Mahrah (Arabic: المهرة) is a governorate of Yemen in the southern Arabian Peninsula. ... Quaiti (Arabic: قعيطي), officially the Quaiti State in Hadhramaut or the Quaiti State of Shihr and Mukalla (Arabic: سلطنة القعيطي في الشحر و المكلا), was a sultanate in the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. ... Map of the Federation of South Arabia Upper Yafa, Upper Yafai (Arabic: يافع العليا []), or the Sultanate of Upper Yafa (Arabic: سلطنة يافع العليا []), was a state in the Aden Protectorate. ...

The Protectorate of South Arabia was dissolved upon the independence of the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30 November 1967 and its constituent states quickly collapsed, leading to the abolition of their monarchies. The Peoples Republic of South Yemen was the name of South Yemen briefly between independence in 1967 and the rise to power of Salim Ali Rubai and his Yemeni Socialist Party. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...