Socotra

Being virtually isolated from the rest of the world for a long period, Socotra remainsone of the most fascinating places on earth : 

Being virtually isolated from the rest of the world for a long period, Socotra remainsone of the most fascinating places on earth

Location : 

Location The Socotra Archipelago is a chain of Islands located in the Indian Ocean close to southern Arabia The archipelago is part of the Republic of Yemen. The seas around the islands are shallow and rich in fish

NATURE : 

NATURE

Birds : 

Birds About 140 species of birds have been recorded here with new species being found every year. The Socotra Bunting, Socotra Starling, Socotra Sunbird, Socotra Sparrow, Socotra Warbler, and Socotra Cisticola are six species that can be found nowhere else.

Flora : 

Flora One of the most striking of Socotra's plants is the dragon's blood tree which is a strange-looking, umbrella-shaped tree.Dragon's Blood trees known locally as Dam al-Akhawain, or blood of the two brothers. Its red sap was the dragon's blood of the ancients, sought after as a medicine and a dye. Socotra is home to more than 800 species of plants, some 240 of which are endemic to the island, and there are certainly many more plant species that have yet to be discovered

Flora : 

Flora The Soqotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) and the Desert Rose (Adenium obesum subsp. sokotranum). Their swollen bottle-shaped trunks keep the trees supplied with water during the summer droughts.

Flora : 

Flora

History : 

History Socotra is distinguished by a distinct and unique cultural history. Archaeological work over the last century has shown that the island was inhabited from at least the first centuries A.D., and that Socotra was visited and settled by Africans, Arabs and Indians.

Caves and Mountains : 

Caves and Mountains Haggier Mountains to the desolation of Nowgad, Socotra is a land of surprising contrasts. Rising to over 1700 meters, the Haggier Mountains loom over Hadibo, Socotra's administrative capital.

People : 

People Socotra’s population is divided between the inhabitants of the mountainous interior and the islands’ coastal regions.  The former have traditionally made their living herding goats, sheep and cows and harvesting date palms, while the latter’s livelihood has been based on fishing.

UNESCO recognition : 

UNESCO recognition The island was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world natural heritage site in July 2008. The European Union has supported such a move, calling on both UNESCO and International Organization of Protecting Environment to classify the island archipelago among the environmental heritages

Thank you : 

Thank you Nellie & Gladys for helping me Rima