Socotra (Isla)

"Socotora o Socotra (en árabe: , Suqurah) es un archipiélago formado por cuatro islas en el océano Índico. Están frente a las costas del Cuerno de África, a 250 km al este del cabo Guardafui y a unos 350 km al sureste de las costas de Yemen, país al que pertenece pese a su proximidad a Somalia, que hasta la creación de la República Popular de Yemen del Sur en 1969 administró Socotra en nombre del Sultanato de Mahra y Socotra o el Sultanato de Qishn. Actualmente Socotra pertenece a la provincia yemení del Hadramaut. En razón de su biodiversidad y la presencia de unas 700 especies únicas en el mundo, fue inscrita en la lista del Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la Unesco en 2008."

"Socotra (Arabic: Suqura), also spelled Soqotra, is an island and a small archipelago of four islands in the Arabian Sea. The territory is part of Yemen, and had long been a subdivision of the Aden Governorate. In 2004, it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is much closer to the island than Aden (although the nearest governorate was the Al Mahrah Governorate). In 2013, the archipelago became its own governorate, the Soqatra Governorate. The island of Socotra constitutes around 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth." The island measures 132 kilometres (82 mi) in length and 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in width."