al-Shihr
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Al-Shihr (), also known as ash-Shir or simply Shihr, is a coastal town in Hadhramaut, eastern Yemen. Al-Shihr is a walled town located on a sandy beach. There is an anchorage but no docks; boats are used. The main export is fish oil. The town is divided in two by a wādi (dry riverbed) called al-Misyāl. The western quarter is called Majraf and the eastern al-Ramla. As of 1997, it had several souqs (markets), including Sūq al-Lakham, Sūq al-Hunūd, and Sūq Shibām.
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- Locality
- الشحر
- Region
- محافظة حضرموت
- Country
- اليمن
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Asia/Aden
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Shihr
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Passeggiata - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Camels on the beach at al-Shihr
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- Yemen
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Yemen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hadhramaut
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- al-Shihr
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- Yemen Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Yemen
- Located in
- Ash Shihr District
- Population
- 68313
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Stamp Aden Quaiti Shihr Mukalla 1942 2a.jpg
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- Ash Shihr
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Al-Shihr (), also known as ash-Shir or simply Shihr, is a coastal town in Hadhramaut, eastern Yemen. Al-Shihr is a walled town located on a sandy beach. There is an anchorage but no docks; boats are used. The main export is fish oil. The town is divided in two by a wādi (dry riverbed) called al-Misyāl. The western quarter is called Majraf and the eastern al-Ramla. As of 1997, it had several souqs (markets), including Sūq al-Lakham, Sūq al-Hunūd, and Sūq Shibām.
==History== thumb|270x270px|Al-Aidarous gate of Shihr thumb|upright|Northern gateway of al-Shihr on a stamp issued in 1942 The history of ash-Shihr (formerly also al-Asʿāʾ) can be traced back as far as about AD 780. It was a major port on the incense trade route as an exporter of frankincense to places as far away as China. Ibn Khurradādhbih calls the area around al-Shihr the bilād al-kundur, Land of Incense. It was also known for its ambergris, ʿanbar Shiḥrī. It was the main port of Hadhramaut until replaced by Mukalla in the 19th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “al-Shihr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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