Samhah

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Statistics

It measures Script error: No such module "convert". 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.Template:Fact Samhah and neighboring Darsah (Script error: No such module "convert". to the east) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" (Template:Langx), which means "the two brothers". The island of Samhah measures Script error: No such module "convert". in length and Script error: No such module "convert". in width.

Important Bird Area

The island of Samhah (along with neighbouring Darsah) has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International, as it supports a breeding population of Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax).[2]

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