Federation of South Arabia

Infobox Former Country
native_name = اتحاد الجنوب العربي
conventional_long_name = Federation of South Arabia
common_name = South Arabia
continent = moved from Category:Asia to the Middle East
region = the Middle East
country = Yemen
era = Cold War
status = Protectorate
year_start = 1962
year_end = 1967
date_start = April 4
date_end = November 30
event_end = Independence
empire = United Kingdom
p1 = Colony of Aden
flag_p1 = Flag of the Colony of Aden.svg
p2 = Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
flag_p2 = Sin bandera.svg
p3 = Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
flag_p3 = Sin bandera.svg
s1 = South Yemen
flag_s1 = Flag of South Yemen.svg




flag_article= Flag of Yemen

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image_map_caption = Map of the Federation of South Arabia
common_languages = Arabic
capital = Aden

The Federation of South Arabia (Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي "Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī") was an organization of states under British protection in what would become South Yemen. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South. On 18 January 1963 it was merged with the crown colony of Aden. In June 1964, the Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was added for a total of 17 states. A team was sent to the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. The Federation was abolished when it gained independence along with the Protectorate of South Arabia as the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30 November 1967.

:"For the history of the Federation, see History of Yemen."

tates of the Federation

*Aden
*Alawi
*Aqrabi
*Audhali
*Beihan
*Dathina
*Dhala
*Fadhli
*Haushabi
*Lahej
*Lower Aulaqi
*Lower Yafa
*Maflahi
*Shaib
*Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
*Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
*Wahidi (Wahidi Balhaf)
*mukiras (awathel Althaher)
*lodar (awathel Alkoor)

Postage stamps

The Federation issued its own postage stamps from 1963 to 1966. Most of its issues were part of the omnibus issues common to all the Commonwealth territories, but it did issue its own definitive stamps on 1 April 1965. The set of 14 included 10 values, from 5 to 75 fils, each depicting the arms of the Federation in a single color, while the top four values (100 fils, 250 fils, 500 fils, and 1 dinar), featured the flag of the Federation.

References and Further Reading

* Paul Dresch. "A History of Modern Yemen". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
* R.J. Gavin. "Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967". London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975.
* Tom Little. "South Arabia: Arena of Conflict". London: Pall Mall Press, 1968.