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Socotra Yemen

Socotra Yemen. Socotra is a small island belonging to Yemen, made up of 4 islands in the Indian Ocean near Somalia in Africa. The archipelago gathers

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Socotra Yemen

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Socotra is a small island belonging to Yemen, made up of 4 islands in the Indian Ocean near Somalia in Africa.

The archipelago gathers 825 species of plants that are not found in any other place in the world.

However, just one mammal inhabit these islands, the bat.

With an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, Socotra has the appearance of another planet.

Socotrá é um pequeno arquipélago pertencente ao Iémen, formado por 4 ilhas no oceano Índico, na proximidade da Somália, em África.

O arquipélago reúne 825 espécies de plantas que não são encontradas em mais nenhum outro lugar no mundo.

No entanto, um único mamífero habita estas ilhas, o morcego.

Com uma incrível diversidade de flora e fauna, Socotrá tem a aparência de outro planeta.

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These strange trees are called dragon tree, because the red color of the sap. The blood dragon.The scientific name is dracaena cinnabari.Can grow up 5 meters and live up to 300 years.

Previously also had a medicinal use and because the red sap was used in dyeing.

Estas árvores estranhas chamam-se ‘dragoeiros’ , de ‘drago’, dragão, porque a seiva é vermelha, o ‘sangue’ do dragão.O nome científico desta árvore é dracaena cinnabari, pode alcançar 5 metros de altura e viver até aos 300 anos.

Antigamente tinha também um uso medicinal e porque a seiva é vermelha, também era usada em tinturaria.

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• O explorador português Tristão da Cunha desembarcou nas ilhas nos começos do século XVI e considerou Socotrá conquistada por Portugal.

• As ilhas estiveram debaixo do controle português de 1507 até 1511.

• Socotrá passou a estar debaixo do controle dos sultões Mahra em 1511, até que passou a ser um protectorado britânico em 1886 devido à sua posição estratégica, controlando o estreito de Aden.

• Com a independência do Iémen en 1967, as ilhas passaram para a sua soberania.

• Em Julho de 2008, a UNESCO reconheceu o arquipélago como património natural da humanidade.

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• Another endemic specie is Adenium Obesium, known as the Desert Rose.

• Outra espécie endémica é a Adenium Obesium, conhecida por Rosa do Deserto.

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Outra espécie endémica, a árvore-pepino (dendrosicyos socotranum)- Cucumber tree, endemic also.

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The archipelagos consists of a mountainous main island of Socotra (3625 km²), + three of the smaller islands known collectively as The Brothers (Abd Al Kuri, Samho and Darsa) and even other small uninhabited islands .

Abd Al Kuri and a population totaling a few hundred people, while Darsa is uninhabited. The main city is Hadiboh (43,000 inhabitants in 2004). In the islands one speaks a Semitic language, the Soqotri.

O arquipélago é formado por uma ilha montanhosa principal, Socotrá (3.625 km²), três ilhas menores, conhecidas colectivamente como “Os Irmãos”(Abd Al Kuri, Samha e Darsa), e ainda outras pequenas ilhotas desabitadas.

Abd Al Kuri e Samha somam uma população de umas poucas centenas de pessoas, enquanto que Darsa está desabitada.

A principal cidade é Hadiboh (43.000 habitantes em 2004).

Nas ilhas fala-se um idioma semita próprio, o soqotri.

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A maioria dos habitantes da ilha vive sem electricidade, água corrente ou estradas pavimentadas e dedica-se à criação de gado caprino.

Nos finais dos anos 90, desenvolveu-se um Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento dedicado à ilha. As ilhas são actualmente um paraíso a despertar para o turismo.

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• Pictures of Yemen, Socotra island.• www.SuperiorPlatform.com

Travel Pictures of Socotra island in Yemen.

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