Aqrabi
Sign in to save‘Aqrabi ( '), or the Aqrabi Sheikhdom ( '), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Bir Ahmad. The state was abolished in 1967 with the independence of the People's Republic of South Yemen. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Key facts
- Former subdivision.conventional_long_name
- ‘Aqrabi Sheikhdom
- Former subdivision.common_name
- ‘
- Former subdivision.subdivision
- State
- Former subdivision.nation
- the Federation of South Arabia
- Former subdivision.era
- 20th century
- Former subdivision.government_type
- Sheikhdom
- Former subdivision.year_start
- 1770
- Former subdivision.year_end
- 1967
- Former subdivision.p1
- Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
- Former subdivision.s1
- South Yemen
- Former subdivision.flag_s1
- Flag of South Yemen.svg
- Former subdivision.image_flag
- علم_مشيخة_العقربي.png
- Former subdivision.image_map
- FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg
- Former subdivision.image_map_caption
- Map of the Federation of South Arabia
- Former subdivision.capital
- Bir Ahmad
- Former subdivision.stat_year1
- 1946
- Former subdivision.stat_pop1
- 1000
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‘Aqrabi ( '), or the Aqrabi Sheikhdom ( '), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Bir Ahmad. The state was abolished in 1967 with the independence of the People's Republic of South Yemen. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
== Geography == The Aqrabi inhabited the coast-line from Bir Ahmad to Ras Amran; inland their territory extended to an undefined point between Bir Ahmed and Wahat. Their only town, or rather village, was that of Bir Ahmad.