What is Colony of Aden?
The '''Colony of Aden''' or '''Aden Colony''' ({{lang-ar|مستعمرة عدن}} ''{{transl|ar|Musta‘marat ‘Adan}}'') was a British [[Crown colony]] from 1937 to 1963. It was located in the south of contemporary [[Yemen]]. It consisted of the port of [[Aden]] and its surroundings (an area of {{convert|192|km2|abbr=on}}). Before 1937, Aden had been governed as part of [[British India]]. Under the [[Government of India Act 1935]] the territory was detached from British India, and was made a separate colony of the United Kingdom; this separation took effect on 1 April 1937. On 18 January 1963, the colony was reconstituted as the [[State of Aden]] (Arabic: <big>ولاية عدن</big> ''Wilāyat ʿAdan'') within the new [[Federation of South Arabia]]. The federation in turn became the [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen|People's Republic of South Yemen]] on 30 November 1967, marking the end of British rule. The hinterland of the Colony of Aden was separately governed as the [[Aden Protectorate]]. [[Category:History of Yemen]] [[Category:1937 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:1937 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1963 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1960s disestablishments in Asia]] [[Category:Former British colonies]] [[Category:Former colonies in Asia]]