Old Walled City of Shibam World Heritage Site

Official name

Old Walled City of Shibam | UNESCO

Country

Yemen | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

Hadramaut Governorate, in the Wadi Hadramaut, Seiyun District
15.9269° Lat, 48.6266° Lon | Map

Code

192

Time Zone

Asia/Aden (+03, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1982. Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. Its impressive tower-like structures rise out of the cliff and have given the city the nickname of ‘the Manhattan of the desert’.