# Samhah

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{{Short description|Island in Yemen}}
{{Infobox islands
| name               = Samhah
| native_name        = {{lang|ar|سمحة}}
| image_name         = Samhah ISS006.jpg
| image_caption      = Photograph by [NASA](/source/NASA) astronauts
| image_map          = Topographic map of Socotra-en.svg
| map_caption        = Map of the Socotra archipelago; Samha at center left
| coordinates        = {{coord|12|09|N|53|03|E|display=title,inline|region:YE_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| location           = [Guardafui Channel](/source/Guardafui_Channel)
| archipelago        = [Socotra Archipelago](/source/Socotra_Archipelago)
| area_km2           = 40
| length_km          = 12
| width_km           = 6.8
| country            = {{flag|Yemen}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Yemen)
| country_admin_divisions = [Socotra Governorate](/source/Socotra_Governorate)
| population         = 100
}}
'''Samhah''' ({{langx|ar|سمحة}}; alt. '''Samha''') is an inhabited island in the [Guardafui Channel](/source/Guardafui_Channel). A part of the [Socotra Archipelago](/source/Socotra_Governorate) of [Yemen](/source/Yemen), it is located between the island of [Socotra](/source/Socotra) and [Abd al Kuri](/source/Abd_al_Kuri).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC&pg=PA221|title=Yemen|last=McLaughlin|first=Daniel|date=February 2008|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=9781841622125|pages=221}}</ref> 

==Statistics==
It measures {{convert|40|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}} in area, making it the smallest of the three inhabited islands of the group, after the main island of Socotra and [Abd al Kuri](/source/Abd_al_Kuri). The population of some 100 lives in a village on the western part of the north coast.{{fact|date=July 2021}} Samhah and neighboring [Darsah](/source/Darsah) ({{convert|17|km|0|abbr=on}} to the east) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" ({{langx|ar|الأخوين}}), which means "the two brothers". The island of Samhah measures {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} in length and {{convert|6.8|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} in width.

==Important Bird Area==
The island of Samhah (along with neighbouring Darsah) has been recognised as an [Important Bird Area](/source/Important_Bird_Area) (IBA) by [BirdLife International](/source/BirdLife_International), as it supports a breeding population of [Jouanin's petrel](/source/Jouanin's_petrel) (''Bulweria fallax'').<ref name=bli> {{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-ikhwan-(socotra)-iba-yemen|title= Al-Ikhwan (Socotra)|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 21 January 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of islands of Yemen](/source/List_of_islands_of_Yemen)
*[Darsah](/source/Darsah)
*[Socotra archipelago](/source/Socotra_archipelago)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Islands of Yemen}}

Category:Socotra archipelago
Category:Important Bird Areas of Socotra
Category:Seabird colonies
{{Yemen-geo-stub}}

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