Shibam
Shibam is in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen. The unique, sixteenth century, mud-built, high rise apartment buildings for which the city is famous constitute a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Town with about 13,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 680 metres (2,240 feet)
- Description: town in Yemen
- Also known as“Old Walled City of Shibam”“Šibām”“the Chicago of the desert”“the Manhattan of the Middle East”“the oldest skyscraper city in the world”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khumayr.
Shibam
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Latitude
15.9267° or 15° 55′ 36″ north
Longitude
48.6262° or 48° 37′ 35″ east
Open location code
7H7CWJGG+MF
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shibam” goes by many names.
شبامArabic
شيبامArabic
مدينة شبامArabic
ՇիբամArmenian
ShibamAsturian
ŞibamAzerbaijani
ШибамBashkir
XibamBasque
ШыбамBelarusian
শিবামBengali
ШибамBulgarian
ရှီဘမ်မြို့Burmese
ShibamCatalan
XibamCatalan
ShibāmCebuano
希巴姆Chinese
ShibamCroatian
ŠibamCroatian
ŠibámCzech
ShibamDagbani
ShibamDutch
شبامEgyptian Arabic
ŜibamEsperanto
ShibamFanti
ShibamFarefare
ShibāmFinnish
ShibamGalician
შიბამიGeorgian
ΣιμπάμGreek
Shibam HadramawtHausa
שיבאםHebrew
SibámHungarian
SyibamIndonesian
ShibamItalian
シバームJapanese
シバームの旧城壁都市Japanese
Şïbam qalasıKazakh
Шибам қаласыKazakh
شىيبام قالاسىKazakh
시밤Korean
ShibamLingua Franca Nova
ŠibamasLithuanian
शिबमMaithili
ShibamMaltese
ШибамMongolian
ShibamMossi
शिबमNepali
ShibamNorwegian
ShibamNorwegian Bokmål
ShibamNorwegian Nynorsk
شبامPersian
ShibamPolish
SzibamPolish
ShibamRomanian
ШибамRussian
ШибамSerbian
ŠibamSerbo-Croatian
ŠibamSlovenian
شبامSouth Azerbaijani
Öken-ManhattanSwedish
ShibamSwedish
ШибамTajik
சிபாம்Tamil
Борынгы Шибам кальга-каласыTatar
ชิบามThai
ชิบามฮัฎเราะเมาต์Thai
ŞibamTurkish
Şibam HadramutTurkish
Shibam na ɛyɛTwi
ШибамUkrainian
شبامUrdu
ShibamVietnamese
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