SALIF, AS-

coastal village, western Yemen, on the Tihamah (coastal plain). It is situated in a cove of a promontory forming the southern coast of Kamaran Bay of the Red Sea and is protected by the offshore island of Kamaran, which belongs to Yemen. As-Salif is important because of its large deposits of rock salt. The salt, of exceptional purity, is mined by a government-owned corporation. A large-scale expansion of the as-Salif port was completed in 1976. Pop. (1975 est.) 2,574.