{"id":339593,"date":"2025-06-06T14:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339593"},"modified":"2025-06-10T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:00:03","slug":"socotra-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/socotra-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Socotra Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> UAE partners with WHO to launch two-year initiative targeting child malnutrition crisis on Yemen\u2019s Socotra Island. <strong>Socotra Island<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Socotra Island<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339630\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-339630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-iStock-1.png?resize=457%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-iStock-1.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-iStock-1.png?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-iStock-1.png?w=917&amp;ssl=1 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source-iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is a <strong>Yemeni island<\/strong> situated between the <strong>Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea<\/strong> in the Indian Ocean.<\/li>\n<li>It lies <strong>380 km south of the Arabian Peninsula<\/strong> and <strong>232 km east of the Horn of Africa<\/strong> near the <strong>Gulf of Aden<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest island<\/strong> of the much larger <strong>Socotra archipelago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological diversity:<\/strong> The Socotra archipelago has been dubbed the <strong>Galapagos of the Indian Ocean <\/strong>due to its <strong>ecological diversity<\/strong> and high rates of <strong>endemism<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Endemic<\/strong>: 37% of Socotra\u2019s 825 plant species, 90% of its reptile species and 95% of its land snail species do not occur anywhere else in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Important plant species are the <strong>Dragon\u2019s Blood trees<\/strong>, frankincense, myrrh, and endemic aloes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> It has a semi-desert climate with low annual rainfall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition:<\/strong> In <strong>2008<\/strong>, Socotra was recognised as a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: UAE partners with WHO to launch two-year initiative targeting child malnutrition crisis on Yemen\u2019s Socotra Island. Socotra Island About Socotra Island Location: It is a Yemeni island situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean. 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