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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Socotra Archipelago' has mentioned 'Archipelago' in the following places:
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largest of four islands of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen | WIKI |
Socotra or Soqotra (/sxc9x99xcbx88koxcax8atrxc9x99, soxcax8a-, xcbx88sxc9x92kxc9x99trxc9x99/;[1] Arabic: xd8xb3xd9x8fxd9x82xd9x8fxd8xb7xd9x92xd8xb1xd9x8exd9x89xd9xb0xe2x80x8e Suquxe1xb9xadrxc4x81; Somali: Suqadara), located between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra Archipelago. | WIKI |
In 2013, the archipelago became its own governorate: Socotra Governorate. | WIKI |
The island of Socotra constitutes around 95% of the landmass of the Socotra Archipelago. | WIKI |
[2] While politically a part of Yemen (part of the Arabian Peninsula and thus Western Asia), Socotra and the rest of its archipelago geographically are part of Africa. | WIKI |
The attitude of the South Yemeni government to the Soviet Union enabled the Soviet Navy to use the archipelago as a supply and supporting base for its operations in the Indian Ocean between 1971 and 1985. | WIKI |
On January 29, 2018, the local Southern Transitional Council leadership on the archipelago declared their support for the STC during Hadi infighting in and around Aden. | WIKI |
The archipelago was once part of the supercontinent of Gondwana and detached during the Miocene epoch, in the same set of rifting events that opened the Gulf of Aden to its northwest. | WIKI |
The archipelago consists of the main island of Socotra (3,665xc2xa0km2 or 1,415xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi), the three smaller islands of Abd al Kuri, Samhah and Darsa, as well as small rock outcrops like Ka'l Fir'awn and Sxc4x81bxc5xabnxc4xabyah that are uninhabitable by humans but important for seabirds. | WIKI |
[49] In the 1990s, a team of United Nations biologists conducted a survey of the archipelago's flora and fauna. | WIKI |
The long geological isolation of the Socotra archipelago and its fierce heat and drought have combined to create a unique and spectacular endemic flora. | WIKI |
[52] The entire flora of the Socotra Archipelago has been assessed for the IUCN Red List, with three Critically Endangered and 27 Endangered plant species recognised in 2004. | WIKI |
The European Union has supported such a move, calling on both UNESCO and the International Organisation of Protecting Environment to classify the island archipelago among the major environmental heritages. | WIKI |
Almost all inhabitants of Socotra, numbering about 50,000, live on the main island of the archipelago. | WIKI |
[64] Only about 450 people live on 'Abd-al-Kxc5xabrxc4xab and 100 on Samha; the island of Darsa and the islets of the archipelago are uninhabited. | WIKI |
Map of the Socotra archipelago | WIKI |
The archipelago previously formed two districts of the Hadhramaut Governorate: | WIKI |
the district of Hadibu, with a population of 32,285 and a district seat at Hadibu, consists of the eastern two-thirds of the main island of Socotra; the district of Qalansiyah wa 'Abd-al-Kxc5xabrxc4xab, with a population of 10,557 and a district seat at Qalansiyah, consists of the minor islands of the archipelago (the island of 'Abd-al-Kxc5xabrxc4xab chief among them) and the western third of the main island. | WIKI |
In 2013, however, the archipelago was removed from the Hadramaut Governorate and created a governorate (Socotra Governorate) in its own right, consisting of the two above-mentioned districts. | WIKI |
Monsoons long made the archipelago inaccessible from June to September each year. | WIKI |
Socotra Airport is located about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) west of the main city, Hadibu, and close to the third-largest town in the archipelago, Qxc4x81dxccxa8ub. | WIKI |
Integrity The property is of sufficient size to adequately represent all the terrestrial and marine features and processes that are essential for the long term conservation of the archipelagoxe2x80x99s rich and distinct biodiversity. | UNESCO |