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Socotra (/ s ə ˈ k oʊ t r ə, s oʊ-, ˈ s ɒ k ə t r ə /; Arabic: سُقُطْرَىٰ Suquṭrā) or Saqatri (Soqotri: ساقطْري Saqaṭri) is an island in the Indian Ocean part of Yemen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the six islands in ...
Socotra has most of archipelago's land mass and population. Abd al Kuri and Samhah are also inhabited. The islands are located between 12° 06′ and 12° 42′ N and 52° 03′ and 54° 32′ E. [13] The islands lie east of the Horn of Africa, separated from Cape Guardafui in Somalia by the Guardafui Channel. Abd Al Kuri is the westernmost ...
Qulensya (Arabic: قلنسية, romanized: Qulansiya; alt. Qalansiyah, Qalansia) is a town on the main island of Socotra, Yemen. It is located in the Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri District and its approximate population is 4,000.
The Port of Socotra is located in the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. It is the only port in the island and situated 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) east of Hadibu, the capital of Socotra, one of the strategic and important Islands in the Republic of Yemen. [2]
The Soviet Union once used Socotra as an anchorage for both its surface fleet and submarines when South Yemen, a Communist nation based in Aden, ruled the island from 1967 until 1990.
Abd al Kuri (Arabic: عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. [4] As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, [3] [2] it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra. [2] Its terrain primarily consists of granite and diorite covered with limestone. [5]
Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago. Currently, the island is under the de facto control of the Southern Transitional Council, a United Arab Emirates-backed, pro-Presidential Leadership Council (PLC; Yemen's internationally ...
This is a list of islands of Yemen. image Archipelago/group island name Area km² area (square miles) population Socotra Archipelago: Socotra: 3,796 1,466 60,000 Abd ...