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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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Place details
- Locality
- قلنسية
- Region
- محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى
- Country
- اليمن
- Population
- 3,500
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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.