Qalansiyah

Qulensya (; alt. Qalansiyah, Qalansia) is a town on the main island of Socotra, Yemen. It is located in the Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri District, and its approximate population is 4,000.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Qalansiyah is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to federalization of Yemen, Yemen and Arabic.

It sits within the topics Populated places in Socotra, Socotra Governorate and Towns in Yemen.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: قلنسية
Region: محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى
Country: اليمن
Population: 3,500
Timezone: Asia/Aden

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Qulensya
Settlement.native_name: قلنسية
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.image_skyline: Qalansiya fishing village (6408198313).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Fishing village on the shoreline of Qulensya
Settlement.pushpin_map: Yemen
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Socotra Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Socotra
Settlement.subdivision_type4: District
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 4000
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Yemen
Located in: Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri District
Population: 4741
Elevation: 8
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Capital of: Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri District
Image: Qalansiya fishing village (6408198313).jpg

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Qulensya (; alt. Qalansiyah, Qalansia) is a town on the main island of Socotra, Yemen. It is located in the Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri District, and its approximate population is 4,000.

==History== The area around Qulensya is host to several petroglyph sites created at an undetermined time. One site called Simar Qar lies west of the town. It consists of what appears to be an altar stone and two rock cupules with letters inscribed on the sides. Another site, known as Haida, was discovered in 1900 to the north of the town towards the mountains, though its exact location is unknown. At this site, inscriptions were found which were believed to have been from either a late Himyaritic or an Ethiopic script.

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