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Town in Hadhramaut, Yemen
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Shibam is in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen. The unique, sixteenth century, mud-built, high rise apartment buildings for which the city is famous constitute a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city dates back to the second century AD, while the high rises were built in the Middle Ages to protect the citizens from Bedouin raids. The bizarre "skyline" that the high rises (some sixteen stories tall) bestow upon the city has led to the moniker, "Manhattan of the Desert."
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As of March 2024 there are weekly flights from Cairo CAI to Seiyun GXF which is relatively near (approximately 20 km) from Shibam.
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