Shibam District

Shibam District is a district of the , . Its capital is the town of , famous for its mudbrick-made tower houses and known as the " of the desert".
Wikipedia
  • District with 48,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 673 metres (2,208 feet)
  • …is also known as “Shibām”
  • Description: District of Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shibam and Jaʽʽarah.
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Shibam District

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Latitude
15.8898° or 15° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
48.6534° or 48° 39′ 12″ east
Open location code
7H7CVMQ3+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1226934477
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­district
Geo­Names ID
6940744
Wiki­data ID
Q4117552

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shibam District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شبام”
  • Arabic: “مديرية شبام”
  • Cebuano: “Shibam (distrito sa Yemen)”
  • Cebuano: “Shibam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مديريه شبام”
  • French: “district de Shibam”
  • French: “Shibam”
  • German: “Shibam”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז שיבאם”
  • Maltese: “Distrett ta‘ Shibam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shibam Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shibam-distriktet”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شبام”
  • Persian: “ناحیه شبام”
  • Russian: “Шибам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Shibam, Hadramaut”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Shibam”
  • Urdu: “شبام ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Shibam”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include عيادة الخطيب لطب الفم والأسنان and Jabal Khibbah.

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