Old Walled City of Shibam
A World Heritage Site in Yemen, inscribed in 1982 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Yemen
- Region
- Arab States
- Inscribed
- 1982
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(iv)(v)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 15.9269, 48.6267
- UNESCO ID
- 192
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Ancienne ville de Shibam et son mur d'enceinte
- Spanish
- Ciudad vieja amurallada de Shibam
- Chinese
- 城墙环绕的希巴姆古城
Other World Heritage Sites in Yemen
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