Shuqrah
شُقْرَة
Shaqrāʾ (شَقْرَاء)
Shuqrāʾ (شُقْرَاء)
town
Shuqrah is located in Yemen
Shuqrah
Shuqrah
Location in Yemen
Shuqrah is located in Asia
Shuqrah
Shuqrah
Shuqrah (Asia)
Coordinates: 13°21′21″N 45°41′59″E / 13.35583°N 45.69972°E / 13.35583; 45.69972
Country Yemen
GovernorateAbyan
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Shuqrah[1] (Arabic: شُقْرَة),[2] also Shaqrāʾ (Arabic: شَقْرَاء)[3] or Shuqrāʾ (Arabic: شُقْرَاء),[4] is a coastal town in southern Yemen. It was the capital of the Fadhli Sultanate[5] until the capital moved to Zinjibar in 1962,[6] although the royal residence remained in Shuqrah.

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References

  1. ^ Shuqrah (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ شقرة (Native Script) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Shaqrā’(Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ Shuqrā’(Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. ^ Kour, Zaka Hanna (1981). The history of Aden, 1839-72. London: Frank Cass. p. 105. ISBN 0-7146-3101-9.
  6. ^ Hinchcliffe, Peter; Ducker, John T.; Holt, Maria (2007). Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden. London: Tauris. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84511-140-3.
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