🏛️ Old Walled City of Shibam

Yemen · Asia · Cultural · 15.93°N, 48.62°E

Shibam, officially the Old Walled City of Shibam, is a town in Wadi Hadhramaut in eastern Yemen with about 7,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Shibam District in the Hadhramaut Governorate. It is known for its mudbrick-made high-rise buildings, with some of the buildings reaching as high as eleven stories. The design centred around protecting the residents of the city from Bedouin attacks.

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Quick facts

Country	Yemen
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	15.93°N, 48.62°E · view on map

Old Walled City of Shibam is a cultural World Heritage site in Yemen, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Old Walled City of Shibam was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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