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Shibam

town in Yemen
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Summary

Shibam is a city[1]. Shibam ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,581 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shibam District[3]
  • Country: Yemen[4]
  • Instance of: urban area[5]
  • Official language: Arabic[6]
  • Commons category: Shibam[7]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[8]
  • Inception: 1600[9]
  • Significant event: list of World Heritage in Danger[10]
  • Population: 13,316[11]
  • Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[12]
  • Official name: شبام[13], Shibam[14]
  • Native label: شبام[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 683 m[16]
  • World Heritage criteria: (iii)[17], (iv)[18], (v)[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Told Cities[20], Whindanger[21]

Why It Matters

Shibam has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Shibam is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

city Yemen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+03:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/opevnene-mesto-shibam/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User ta"
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