Al Bayda, Yemen

Al Bayda, also transliterated as Al-Baidhah or Beida (Arabic: البيضاء‎ Al-Bayḍāʾ), (not to be mixed with al-Bayda' in al-Jawf, the ancient Nashqum) is a town in central Yemen, in the Governorate of Al Bayda, in northern Yemen.

It is located 130 miles SE of Sanaa, at 13°59′20″N 45°34′38″E / 13.98889°N 45.57722°E / 13.98889; 45.57722. Rada' (Arabic: رداع‎ Radāʿ) is the present capital of Governorate of Al Bayda'.

Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.

On 8 October 2014, at least nine people have been killed in an attack by al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, Officials say. The official Saba news agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault which was repelled.