Perim
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Perim (), also called Mayyun () in Arabic, is a Yemeni volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhubab District or Bab al-Mandab District, Taiz Governorate. The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Perim
- Islands.native_name
- Mayyun
- Islands.image
- Perim and Shaikh Said Peninsula.jpg
- Islands.location
- Bab el-Mandab
- Islands.area_km2
- 13
- Islands.length_km
- 5.63
- Islands.width_km
- 2.85
- Islands.elevation_m
- 65
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Governorate
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Taiz governorate
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Bab al-Mandab District
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geology
- Geography
- History
- Perim under British rule
- Island under Southern Yemeni control
- 2015 Yemen Civil War
- Houthi control
- United Arab Emirates control
- Yemeni National Resistance Forces control
- Climate
- Development
- Yemen-Djibouti Bridge Project
- See also
- References
Perim (), also called Mayyun () in Arabic, is a Yemeni volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhubab District or Bab al-Mandab District, Taiz Governorate. The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.
The island, as a dependency of Aden colony, was a part of the British Empire between 1857 and 1967.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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