Slave Island
Slave Island is an island in Khur Maksar District, Aden Governorate. Slave Island is situated nearby to the locality Ash Shābāt, as well as near Ḩayy as Salām.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Yemen
- Also known as: “Jazīrat al ‘Abīd”, “Jazīrat al ‘Ummāl”, “Jazirat Sawaeyih”, and “Jazīrat Sawayih”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Saba’ Palace.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding. Cisterns of Tawila is situated 3½ km south of Slave Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aden and Crater.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people. Crater is situated 4 km southeast of Slave Island.
Slave Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Khur Maksar District, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Cebuano—“Slave Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة العمال”
- Cebuano: “Jazīrat al ‘Ummāl”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ash Shābāt and Ḩayy as Salām.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jabal Hadid and Qays al Hammal.
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