socotra (yemen) Capital: hadibu Pos.: Surface: 3.626 Kmq Population 2020: 43.000 Pop. density: 11,86 in./Kmq Pop. growth 12ys:  +2,38 % GDP per capita: 2.070 $ Nominal GDP 2020: 0,089 billions $ PPP per capita: n.d. GDP PPP 2020: n.d. Internet TLD:
It is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the de facto control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ongoing civil war. Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago. Since 2013, the archipelago has constituted the Socotra Governorate Economy: The primary occupations of the people of Socotra have traditionally been fishing, bee keeping, animal husbandry, and the cultivation of dates. Monsoons long made the archipelago inaccessible from June to September each year. In July 1999,  however, a new airport opened Socotra to the outside world all year round. There was regular service to and from Aden and Sana'a until the start of the civil war in 2015. All scheduled commercial flights made a technical stop at Riyan-Mukalla Airport
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