Yemen
Al Mahrah Governorate
Qishn District

Qishn

Qishn is a city in Mahra Governorate which serves as the seat of Qishn District in southern . Qishn was the historic capital of the Mahra Sultanate and currently serves as the cultural center of the non-Arabic Mahri people.
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Qishn

Latitude
15.42278° or 15° 25′ 22″ north
Longitude
51.68139° or 51° 40′ 53″ east
Population
7,600
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
IHN
United Nations Location Code
YE IHN
Open location code
7H7HCMFJ+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1222517257
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
71834
Wiki­data ID
Q280123
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbo-Croatian—“Qishn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قشن”
  • Catalan: “Qishn”
  • Cebuano: “Qishn”
  • Croatian: “Qishn”
  • Dutch: “Qishn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قشن”
  • Finnish: “Qishn”
  • French: “Qishn”
  • German: “Qischn”
  • German: “Qishn”
  • Irish: “Qishn”
  • Italian: “Qishn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qishn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qishn”
  • Norwegian: “Qishn”
  • Persian: “قشن”
  • Portuguese: “Caxém”
  • Portuguese: “Qishn”
  • Russian: “Кишн”
  • Scots: “Qishn”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kišn”

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