State of Aden
| State of Aden ولاية عدن |
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| State of the Federation of South Arabia | |||||
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| Capital | Aden | ||||
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| • | Federation of South Arabia established | 18 January 1963 1963 | |||
| • | State of Aden disestablished | 30 November 1967 1967 | |||
| Area | 192 km2(74 sq mi) | ||||
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The State of Aden (Arabic: ولاية عدن Wilāyat ʿAdan) was a state constituted in Aden within the Federation of South Arabia. Following its establishment on 18 January 1963 Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston stepped down as the last Governor of Aden.
In spite of the hopes placed in the Federation, the insurgency in Aden escalated and hastened the end of British presence in the territory with the British leaving Aden by the end of November 1967.
The State of Aden finally became part of the independent People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, also known as South Yemen, on 30 November 1967 without joining the Commonwealth.
To solve many of the problems the Colony of Aden faced, as well as continuing the process of self-determination that was accompanying the dismantling of the British Empire, it was proposed that the Colony of Aden should form a federation with the protectorates of East and West Aden. Under this scheme it was hoped that the conditions would be created to lessen Arab calls for complete independence, while still allowing British control of foreign affairs and the BP refinery at Little Aden to continue.
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