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  • Zabid

  • Zabid

    Zabid is a town on Yemen's western coastal plain. It was named after Wadi Zabid. It is one of the oldest in Yemen and was the capital from the 13th to the 15th century AD. The historic town of Zabid was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Town of Zabid.
    World Heritage Site
    Zabid
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    Zabid
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    Zabid
    by Ljuba brank, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Zabid

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1993

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Yemen

    Al Hudaydah

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    7th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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