Hadibu

Government

Hadibu (Arabic حاديبو, DMG Ḥādībū, also Tamrida or Hudaybu ) is the capital of Yemen belonging archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. The city is located on the north coast of the main island of Socotra, at the foot of the mountain Jabal al - Dschahir and has just over 10,000 inhabitants. At the time of Mahri sultans Hadibu was under the name Tamrida one of the capitals whose empire Qischn and Socotra.

12 km west of Hadibu, on the coast near the city Qadub, the new Socotra Airport is located since 1999 ( IATA code SCT, ICAO code OYSQ ), with a runway of 3,000 meters. Furthermore, the town has a small harbor, the most important of Socotra.