Shabwah Governorate

E661681
Governorate of Yemen

Shabwah Governorate is an oil-rich, sparsely populated governorate in southern Yemen known for its desert landscapes, tribal communities, and strategic location near major hydrocarbon fields.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Shabwah Governorate (approximate) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of Yemen ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Arabian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersGovernorate Abyan Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Al Bayda Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hadhramaut Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marib Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Ataq NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains parts of the Ramlat al-Sab‘atayn desert ⓘ
country Yemen ⓘ
economy hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab tribes ⓘ
governorateCode YE-SH ⓘ
governorateType oil-rich governorate ⓘ
hasCity Ataq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azzan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bayhan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habban NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nisab NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Bayhan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habban NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHydrocarbonField Ayad oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jannah oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Usaylan area fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitantActivity various armed groups ⓘ
hasPort Bir Ali (coastal area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTribalConfederations various South Arabian tribes ⓘ
knownFor desert landscapes ⓘ
natural gas reserves ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
tribal communities ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn southern Yemen ⓘ
partOf Yemen's hydrocarbon belt ⓘ
partOfRegion former South Yemen ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam (majority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
securitySituation affected by Yemeni Civil War ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Arabian Sea ⓘ
control of hydrocarbon infrastructure ⓘ
terrain desert ⓘ
mountainous areas ⓘ
timeZone Arabia Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedByPipeline Yemen LNG pipeline NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadhramaut → borders → Shabwah Governorate ⓘ
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South → todayPartOf → Shabwah Governorate ⓘ
Beihan → regionToday → Shabwah Governorate ⓘ
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate → modernLocation → Shabwah Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shabwah Governorate (approximate)