Old Walled City of Shibam: in danger

When

since 2021

Kind

World Heritage in danger

Coordinates

15.93° N, 48.63° E

Town in Hadhramaut, Yemen

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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