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Soqatra Governorate

The Socotra Archipelago, officially the Socotra Archipelago Governorate, abbreviated to Socotra Governorate, is one of the governorates of . It includes a number of islands in the Indian Ocean south of mainland Yemen, the largest of which is .
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  • Type: State with 44,100 residents
  • Description: Yemeni governorate that makes up the Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
  • Also known as: “Arkhabil Suqutra”, “Arkhabīl Suquţrá”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Arkhabīl Suquţrá”, “Socotra Archipelago”, “Socotra Archipelago Governorate”, “Socotra Governorate”, and “Soqatra”

Soqatra Governorate

Latitude
12.5° or 12° 30′ north
Longitude
53.8333° or 53° 50′ east
Population
44,100
Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)
Open location code
7H4MGR2M+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6019184321
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
9645387
Wiki­data ID
Q15728745
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Soqatra Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل سقطرى”
  • Arabic: “سقطرى”
  • Arabic: “محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Socotra”
  • Bavarian: “Gouvernement Sokotra”
  • Belarusian: “Сакотра”
  • Bengali: “সোকোট্রা গভর্নরেট”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Socotra”
  • Cebuano: “Socotra”
  • Chinese: “Socotra Séng”
  • Chinese: “索科特拉省”
  • Czech: “provincie Sokotra”
  • Dutch: “Socotra (gouvernement)”
  • Dutch: “Socotra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه ارخبيل سقطرى”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Sokotro”
  • Esperanto: “Sokotra Gubernio”
  • French: “Archipel Socotra”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Socotra”
  • French: “Socotra”
  • German: “Gouvernement Sokotra”
  • German: “Socotra-Archipel”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Socotra”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Socotra”
  • Japanese: “ソコトラ県”
  • Korean: “소코트라주”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Socotra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Socotra Séng”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sokotra guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان ارخبیل سقطری”
  • Polish: “muhafaza Sokotra”
  • Polish: “Sokotra”
  • Scots: “Soqatra Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “සොකොත්‍රා දූපත් සමූහය”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Sokotra”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago Socotra”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Socotra”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการโซโคตรา”
  • Turkish: “Sokotra (il)”
  • Turkish: “Sokotra”
  • Ukrainian: “Сокотра (мухафаза)”
  • Ukrainian: “Сокотра”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ سقطری”
  • Wu Chinese: “索科特拉省”

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