Hadibu ( ar, حديبو '), also known as Hadiboh, formerly known as Tamrida ( ar, links=no, تمريدة), is a coastal town in northern
Socotra
Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ...
,
Yemen
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. It is not far from the mount ''Jabal al-Jahir''. It is the largest town of the small
archipelago
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, with a population of 8,545 at the 2004
census
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. Hadibu is also the
capital
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of the larger eastern district of Socotra's two administrative districts,
Hidaybū. For the inhabitants of the town,
animal husbandry
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is the main source of income.
Socotra Airport
Socotra Airport (Arabic:مطار سقطرى) is an airport in Socotra, Yemen . It is the only commercial airport that serves the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea and its capital town of Hadibu.
Overview
The most remote Yemeni airport, ...
is located about west of Hadibu, and close to the third largest town in the archipelago, Qād̨ub.
Diesel generator
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s make electricity widely available in Socotra. A paved road runs along the north shore from Qulansiyah to Hadibu and then to the DiHamri area; and another paved road, from the northern coast to the southern through the Dixsam Plateau. On June 20th, 2020, the
Southern Transitional Council
The Southern Transitional Council (STC; ''al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy'') is a secessionist organization in South Yemen. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was f ...
annexed the city.
The former capital is located to the east of Hadibu.
References
Socotra Governorate
Populated places in Socotra
Populated coastal places in Yemen
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