Editing Aden (section)

=== Economy ===
Historically, Aden would import goods from the African coast and from Europe, the [[United States]], and [[India]].<ref name="Prothero682"/><ref name="Prothero69">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/69/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=69 |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830034800/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/69/ |archive-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 1920, the British described it as "the chief emporium of Arabian trade, receiving the small quantities of native produce, and supplying the modest wants of the interior and of most of the smaller Arabian ports." At the docks, the city provided [[coal]] to passing ships. The only item being produced by the city, as of 1920, was [[salt]].<ref name="Prothero69" /> Also, the port was the stop ships had to take when entering the [[Bab-el-Mandeb]]; this was how cities like Mecca had received goods by ship. [[Yemenia|Yemen Airlines]], the national airline of South Yemen, had its head office in Aden. On 15 May 1996, Yemen Airlines merged with [[Yemenia]].<ref>"North and South Yemen Airlines to Merge". ''Flight International''. 10–16 April 1996. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200858.html 10] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902002729/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200858.html|date=2 September 2017}}.</ref><ref>"[http://www.yemenia.com/DisplaySectionDetail.aspx?ID=84 Yemenia background] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027074632/http://www.yemenia.com/DisplaySectionDetail.aspx?ID=84|date=2009-10-27}}". [[Yemenia]]. Retrieved on 26 October 2009.</ref>

During the early 20th century Aden was a notable centre of [[coffee]] production. Women processed coffee beans, grown in the Yemen highlands.<ref name="Prothero83">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/83/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=83 |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227051942/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/83/ |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Frankincense]], [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[alfalfa]], and [[millet]] was also produced and exported from Aden.<ref name="Prothero84">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/84/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=84 |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227051843/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/84/ |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Prothero86">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/86/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=86 |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227051853/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/86/ |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The leaves and stalks of the alfalfa, millet and [[maize]] produced in Aden were generally used as [[fodder]].<ref name="Prothero86" /> As of 1920, Aden was also gathering [[salt]] from [[Seawater|salt water]]. An [[Italy|Italian]] company called Agostino Burgarella Ajola and Company gathered and process the salt under the name Aden Salt Works. There was also a smaller company from [[India]], called Abdullabhoy and Joomabhoy Lalji & Company that owned a salt production firm in Aden. Both companies exported the salt. Between 1916 and 1917, Aden produced over 120,000 tons of salt. Aden has also produced [[potash]], which was generally exported to Mumbai.<ref name="Prothero98">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/98/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=98 |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830034803/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/98/ |archive-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Aden produced [[jollyboat]]s. [[Charcoal]] was produced as well, from [[acacia]], and mainly in the interior of the region. [[Cigarette]]s were produced by [[Jews|Jewish]] and [[Greek people|Greek]] populations in Aden. The [[tobacco]] used was imported from Egypt.<ref name="Prothero99">{{cite book |last=Prothero |first=G.W. |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/99/ |title=Arabia |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1920 |location=London |page=99 |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822220849/https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/99/ |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the outbreak of the Yemeni Civil War spread to Aden in 2015, the city has been struck by constant protests over a range of issues, but especially concerning electricity generation. Aden's power grid is composed solely of diesel generators and is thus heavily dependent on imported fuel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arabic press review: Yemen's Aden faces imminent blackouts amid fuel shortages |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-blackout-fuel-shortage-arabic-press-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004122254/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-blackout-fuel-shortage-arabic-press-review |archive-date=4 October 2021 |access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> The main power plant is al-Hasswa diesel power plant, which in June 2021 had only two turbines out of five running, producing up to 50 megawatts (MW) of power in a region where the deficit hovers around 300 MW. Nawfal al-Mojamal, the plant director, said "In its 35 years of existence, al-Hasswa station never had any kind of maintenance, except in 2016 ... when the two turbines were restored".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Yaakoubi |first1=Aziz El |date=7 June 2021 |title=Temperature rising in south Yemen as rivalries fuel power shortage |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/temperature-rising-south-yemen-rivalries-fuel-power-shortage-2021-06-07/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004122253/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/temperature-rising-south-yemen-rivalries-fuel-power-shortage-2021-06-07/ |archive-date=4 October 2021 |access-date=4 October 2021 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>