Qishn ( ar, قشن) is a coastal town in

Al Mahrah Governorate Al Mahrah ( ar, ٱلْمَهْرَة '), or simply Mahra, is a governorate (''muhafazah'') of Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Situated in the area of the former Mahra Sultanate, its capital is Al Ghaydah, and it has internat ...

, seat of

Qishn District Qishn District is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and ...

in southern

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. It is located at around . It has a landing strip, which is currently not in use. Historically, Qishn was a port from which incense was exported. The traveller and explorer

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notes that, "...from Qishn, 200 to 250 tons (of incense, annually)". The port was known to the British

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as Kisseen. Today, the people of Qishn earn most of their income through fishing, farming, or the rearing of livestock.

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Populated places in Al Mahrah Governorate Populated coastal places in Yemen {{Yemen-geo-stub