Facts on Hadhramaut
Hadhramout or Hadhramaut or Hadhramawt or Hadhramot or Hadramot or spelt in many other forms is the same Hadhramout:
- A region in South-Eastern Yemen in Southern Arabia
- It is the largest province in Yemen
- It has an area of about 151,514 sq km. (about 58,500 sq mi) - extending about 640 km
- North of its border is Saudi Arabia, South is the Arabian Sea, West is Shabwa and in the East are Mahra and Oman
- It has a long, beautiful coastline, in some parts narrow and in some wide
- It is a region with many valleys, with the most known being Wadi Hadhramout
- Its highest point is about 1,400 meters (about 4593 feet) above sea level
- Its lowest point is reportedly 60 meters (about 200 feet) below sea level in Wadi Hadhramaut
- Wadi Hadhramaut is one of the most fertile region in the world
- Hadhramout has one of the largest underground water resources in the Middle East
- On its south is the Arabian Desert and the Rub El Khali
- Its most populated and main city is Al Mukalla and is where its main airport and seaport are
- The people of Hadhramaut are called Hadharem or some call them Hadhrami
- It is the Hadharem who very much helped in the introduction and the spread of Islam in South and South East Asia, and Eastern Africa
- Most Hadharem live out of Hadhramout with the largest number living in Indonesia
