Samhah

Samhah (; alt. Samha) is an inhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. A part of the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen, it is located between the island of Socotra and Abd al Kuri.

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Islands.name: Samhah
Islands.image_name: Samhah ISS006.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Photograph by NASA astronauts
Islands.image_map: Topographic map of Socotra-en.svg
Islands.map_caption: Map of the Socotra archipelago; Samha at center left
Islands.location: Guardafui Channel
Islands.archipelago: Socotra Archipelago
Islands.area_km2: 40
Islands.length_km: 12
Islands.width_km: 6.8
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Governorate
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Socotra Governorate
Islands.population: 100

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Part of: Socotra Archipelago
Country: Yemen
Located in: Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri District
Population: 171
Area: 243083
Elevation: 426
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Arabian Sea
Image: Samhah ISS006.jpg
Width: 5.5
Length: 11.9
Households: 20

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female population: 76
male population: 95
located in/on physical feature: Socotra Archipelago
Commons category: Samha

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Samhah (; alt. Samha) is an inhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. A part of the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen, it is located between the island of Socotra and Abd al Kuri.

==Statistics== It measures in area, making it the smallest of the three inhabited islands of the group, after the main island of Socotra and Abd al Kuri. The population of some 100 lives in a village on the western part of the north coast. Samhah and neighboring Darsah ( to the east) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" (), which means "the two brothers". The island of Samhah measures in length and in width.

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