Be the Mayor of Aden

Aden, Yemen · 900,000 people · Coastal City

The Aden Governorate and the Yemen Ports Authority manage a strategically vital deep water port at the entrance to the Red Sea, operate seawater desalination plants as the primary freshwater source for a city with no natural rivers, coordinate reconstruction of civic infrastructure, and maintain the historic Crater district — the original fortified city built inside the caldera of an extinct volcano.

The seat for Aden on the Board of Mayors is open. Seat #1 is yours to take.

The city

Landmark: Aden Port & Crater Old City.

• The Yemen Ports Authority manages Aden's natural deep water harbour — one of the finest natural ports in the world, formed inside an ancient volcanic caldera — which historically served as the primary bunkering station between the Suez Canal and Asia, handling the daily logistics of one of the world's busiest international shipping lanes passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait 30 km away.
• Aden Municipality operates seawater desalination as virtually the sole source of fresh water for the city — the surrounding terrain is volcanic rock with negligible groundwater — requiring constant maintenance of reverse osmosis plants, distribution pipe networks, and emergency tanker trucking to the city's hillside neighbourhoods where pipelines cannot easily reach.

How a term works

Take office and every day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is scored on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, inside a real budget, and every mayor's work adds to Aden's own record on the Board of Mayors. You are not alone in office: message and chat with other mayors, form a council with friends, trade with nearby cities and send aid. Cities rise together: there is no losing city.

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