Zinjibar

Zinjibar () is a port an coastal toun in sooth-central Yemen, the caipital o Zinjibar Destrict an the Abyan Govrenorate.  It is locatit next tae the Wadi BanaHämäläinen, Pertti (1999) Yemen Lonely Planet, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, page 195, ISBN 0-86442-603-8 in the Abyan Delta. Frae 1962 tae 1967, it wis the administrative caipital o the Fadhli Sultanate, awtho the royal residence remained at the umwhile caipital o Shuqrah. At the time o the 2004 census, Zinjibar's population numbered 19,879 indwallers. The toun supports a smaw seaside resort an fishing industry.Hämäläinen, Pertti (1999) Yemen Lonely Planet, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, page 230, ISBN 0-86442-603-8 Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) grown in the aurie is brokered in the mercat.Dresch, Paul (2000) A history of modern Yemen Cambridge University Press, New York, page 121, ISBN 0-521-79092-1

History
Zinjibar wis a lang-established tradin centre for commerce wi the Far East.Lane, A. and Serjeant, R. B. (1948) "Pottery and glass frag- ments from the Aden littoral, with historical notes" Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1948: pp. 108–133 Housomeivver, in 1163 (559 AH) the toun wis burned an destroyed bi Abdel Nabi Ali Mahdi Yoosuf. It wis rebuilt as is evidenced bi 15t century Yemeni pottery at the Mazda (القريات) airchaeological steid, but wis destroyed again in tribal warfare.  In the 19t century, Fadhli Sultan Hussein bin Ahmed bin Abdullah re-established the toun, an in the early 1920s his grandson, Sultan Abdul Qadir bin Ahmed bin Hussein, renamit the toun Zinjibar in honour o a veesit bi Khalifa bin Harub, the Sultan o Zanzibar.

2011 revolt

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Category:Populatit places in Abyan Govrenorate
Category:Populatit coastal places in Yemen