Misplaced Pages

Shibam District

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
District in Hadhramaut, Yemen
Shibam District مـديـريـة شـبـام
District
Coordinates: 15°55′N 48°35′E / 15.917°N 48.583°E / 15.917; 48.583
Country Yemen
GovernorateHadhramaut
SeatShibam
Population
 • Total77,583
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Shibam District (Arabic: مـديـريـة شـبـام) is a district of the Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. Its capital is the town of Shibam, famous for its mudbrick-made tower houses and known as the "Manhattan of the desert". During the Yemen Civil War, the city suffered some damage.

As of 2021, the district had a population of 77,583 inhabitants.

See also

References

  1. "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  2. مدينة شبام حضرموت "شيكاغو الصحراء". Al-Bayan (in Arabic). 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  3. "The Ancient City of Shibam: The Manhattan of the Desert". Weather.com. 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  4. "This Ancient Mud Skyscraper City is the 'Manhattan of the Desert'". National Geographic Society. 2017-06-18. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  5. "In Pictures: Yemen's 'Manhattan of the Desert' risks collapse". Aljazeera. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. "Hadhramout Governorate | Local Governance in Yemen Resource Hub". Berghof Foundation and PDF Yemen. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
Hadhramaut Governorate
Capital: Mukalla
Districts
Former Districts
(since 2013-12 Socotra)
Stub icon

This article about a location in the Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: