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Socotra Governorate

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Socotra Archipelago (أرخبيل سقطرى) or Suqutra is officially one of the governorates of Yemen. [1]

17 relations: Abd al Kuri, Aden Governorate, Aden Protectorate, Archipelago, Governorates of Yemen, Hadhramaut Governorate, Hadibu, Hidaybu District, Mahra Sultanate, Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri District, Socotra, Socotra Airport, South Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra, Yemen, Yemeni Civil War (2015–present).

Abd al Kuri

Abd al Kuri (عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel.

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Aden Governorate

Aden (عدن ʻAdan) is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden.

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Aden Protectorate

The Aden Protectorate (محمية عدن) was a British protectorate in southern Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadramaut following the conquest of Aden by Great Britain in 1839, and it continued until the 1960s.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Governorates of Yemen

Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah): 1) Soqatra Governorate created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013). Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.

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Hadhramaut Governorate

Hadhramaut or Hadramawt (حضرموت Ḥaḍramawt) is a governorate of Yemen.

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Hadibu

Hadibu (حاديبو), formerly known as Tamrida (تمريدة), is a coastal town in northern Socotra, Yemen.

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Hidaybu District

Hidaybu District is one of two districts of the Socotra Governorate, Yemen.

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Mahra Sultanate

The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (سلطنة المهرة في قشن وسقطرة) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (سلطنة المهرة في الغيضة وسقطرى) was a sultanate that included the historical region of Mahra and the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen.

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Qulensya wa Abd al Kuri District

Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri District is one of two districts of the Socotra Governorate, Yemen.

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Socotra

Socotra سُقُطْرَى Suqadara, also called Soqotra, located between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, is the largest of four islands of the Socotra archipelago.

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Socotra Airport

Socotra Airport (Arabic: مطار سقطرى الدولي) is an airport in Socotra, Yemen.

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South Yemen

South Yemen is the common English name for the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية الشعبية), which existed from 1967 to 1990 as a state in the Middle East in the southern and eastern provinces of the present-day Republic of Yemen, including the island of Socotra.

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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE; دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), sometimes simply called the Emirates (الإمارات), is a federal absolute monarchy sovereign state in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.

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United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra

On 30 April 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deployed more than a hundred troops with artillery and armoured vehicles to the Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Guardafui Channel without prior coordination with Yemen.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially known as the Republic of Yemen (al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah), is an Arab sovereign state in Western Asia at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions, each claiming to constitute the Yemeni government, along with their supporters and allies.

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Redirects here:

Socotra Archipelago, Socotra archipelago, Soqatra Governorate.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra_Governorate

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