It is located in Socotra Governorate.

[1] The port was constructed in 1996 with a 45-meter berth and a 5-meter draft.

It is the only marine seaport to supply the Island with oil derivatives and foodstuffs.

It is the only port in the island and situated 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) east of Hadibu, the capital of Socotra, one of the strategic and important Islands in the Republic of Yemen.

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