Qishn

Qishn () is a city in Mahra Governorate which serves as the seat of Qishn District in southern Yemen. Qishn was the historic capital of the Mahra Sultanate and currently serves as the cultural center of the non-Arabic Mahri people.

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Place details

Locality: قشن
Region: محافظة المهرة
Country: اليمن
Population: 0
Timezone: Asia/Aden

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Qishn
Settlement.native_name: قشن
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Yemen
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Yemen
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Al Mahrah Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Qishn
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2004
Settlement.population_total: 7595
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: AST
Settlement.utc_offset: +03:00

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Population: 7595
Elevation: 8

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History
Yemeni civil war
Lifestyle
References

== History == Historically, Qishn was a port from which incense was exported. The traveller and explorer Freya Stark notes that, "...from Qishn, 200 to 250 tons (of incense, annually)". The port was known to the East India Company as Kisseen.

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