Location:
2Socotra Island is located on the south side of the Republic of Yemen, off the city of Mukalla. And away from the coast of Yemen, about 300 km.

A - Astronomical Site: Socotra Island is located between latitudes 53-19 and 54-33 east of Greenwich and between the international community offer 128 - 42/12 north of the equator.

Thus, the site refers to the astronomical approached the equator which makes the climate is generally Balmadarip. This has allowed the site specificity of the climatic features of the island, it enjoys a diversity of vegetation.

B - Strategic location: namely, the site determines the Territory's relationship with its neighbors and the centers of cultural and political weight in the world, its political, strategic, and this is the case on the island of Socotra being located in the international maritime corridor linking the Indian Ocean countries in the world.

Area:
Total land area of 3650 km 2, and the form of the island belongs to the shape of a rectangle and fragmented together and there are some islands belonging to the mother island of Socotra.

Change:
Socotra Island tropical climate with long hot summer, while a warm winter and short and rainy.

Temperature:
Ranging between 37 degrees Celsius in summer to 29 degrees Celsius in winter.

Rainfall: T
Varied the amount of rainfall (33) to (290) mm.


Terrain:
The island has different terrain where there are plains and hills and mountainous areas and coastal areas in the middle plateau very Altdhars composed of limestone and is surrounded by mountain ranges composed of granite, cone-shaped is very high and steep mountains booth is one of the most strings rise and extension of the island in the north and south, we find a coastal plains crossed by gravel and stone, sand with a scattered areas of sand dunes belonging to the type of Hilaly and the island's population is concentrated on the coast and rare presence in the mountainous areas.

Population:
The population of the island of Socotra about (32285 people) in 2004 census.

Directorates of the island of Socotra:
1 - Directorate of Hadibo: Located east of the island.
2 - Directorate Qlencip Abdul Korea: Located west of the island.



Ecosystem of the island of Socotra:
Socotra Archipelago is a marine ecosystems as the independent importance of their unique environment and biodiversity is enormous and unique global significance which is not less important than the Galapagos Islands. Has been described by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as (Galapagos of the Indian Ocean). The island's four main islands in the world in terms of plant biodiversity and is home to thousands of plants, animals and endemic birds and thus the most important home to the famous frankincense trees in ancient times, where in the world the entire 25 species of chewing gum from (9) endemic species on the island of Socotra.

Record in the island about (850) species of plants including some (270) type settlement in the island does not exist anywhere else in the world. Among the important species and the value tree and the blood of brothers should be noted that (10) of the 18 species of rare and endangered plants in Yemen are in Socotra, which need attention and must be maintained and where (7) types were included in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Knbataat rare and endangered.

There is a possibility that has not yet revealed the existence of marine life settlements, studies have demonstrated the great diversity of coral reefs, the spread of species of coral, which was known to be endemic in other regions. The north-western part of the Gulf of Aden and the area surrounding the archipelago of Socotra among the most productive marine areas in the world and compare the productivity of the coast of Peru and West Africa.

Economic viability of the island:
Socotra Island is characterized by the diversity of its economic resources and those resources are as follows:

A - The island of the key areas for fishing, one of the most important areas of Yemen fish reserves.

B - The availability of the many tourist sites and scenic on the island make it one of the most important geographical regions of Yemen Tourism.

C - has contributed to provide many types of Kalterpp Alheistosol a soil organic matter and soil and alluvial soil and red soil Alobriqip and other soils in the possibility of cultivating palm trees, which are available for more than 25 species of pounds of dates, honey production, especially Socotra and Hadrami and other species in the revitalization of the agricultural sector .

D - the practice of the population on a large scale for the profession of grazing in the mountains and hills, providing a large livestock in the island, although the presence of grazing business on the island may have improve the situation of the population and the condition of shepherds grazing their profession as well.

E - is regarded by many researchers that the island regions of the vital and important in the availability of mineral resources such as oil, gas and other resources in the rest of the foreseeable future. 

Viable tourist attraction
Vegetation: the island of Socotra is characterized by luxuriant vegetation and abundant plant species, where up to nearly a (750 species), including botanical group of plants utilized in folk medicine and treatment of many diseases, and these plants trees patience Socotra and frankincense, myrrh and blood brothers, as well as medicinal plants Another common use on the island such as Jeraz and Aloevorbea and others, and there are rare plants on the island other than draw the attention of visiting the spread of the tree "Alomth" In addition to the dense palm forest trees scattered in many places, notably the banks of the valleys where the water is ongoing throughout the year where a green carpet Sandsia with the blue sea surrounding the island for a great painting.

Birds: Birds of Socotra multi-species to form one of the landmarks in the environment, diversity of nature and watching birds is not difficult it is flying near the visitor, and the trees in the waters of the sea surrounding the island and in the valleys and listen to visiting the beautiful and diverse voices wherever they move. There is the type of birds visiting solve the next if he decides to rest somewhere and eat and throw Bmkhalafath it would soon devour the waste and therefore called on residents to this type of flu, "Mounzv" or "municipal" and called his label Alsagatrip Susida. It is believed that there is in the island (105 species) of bird species (30 species) of which breed on the island, the island also contains a high proportion of endemic birds. The Association and the Protection of Birds in Yemen to accelerate studies and survey coverage of the island to facilitate mapping the distribution of birds and breeding sites in relation to their natural habitats is also working to identify further sites important for birds in the island to protect it.

Caves: spread a lot of caves and mountain caves in many locations of the island of Socotra and its affiliated islands have caves that were formed by natural erosion and some of them interacted factors "Giomaiip" where she worked for the water to dissolve limestone and formed the limestone columns hanging from the top surface caves in addition to columns limestone caves, emerging from the bottom to the top, and most of the caves inhabited, including exercising their normal life, most notably the general cave "De Jeb" in the plain, where we create is the largest in size, expanding the number of households, as can the car carrying the visitors access to the cave inside the cave and move in and out without trouble, and away from the Cave de Jeb on the status of Hadibo distance (75 kilometers).

Beaches: beaches of the island extends a distance (300 miles) and have unique characteristics in terms of pure white sand dunes, where the visitor look like piles of cotton crop, mostly shaded with palms. Overlooking the sea water free of pollution factors, where you see the fish swim by, all of which are ideal sites for recreation and diving after the availability of infrastructure services on the island and the creation of those beaches tourism services, and contains water beaches on many aquatic turtles and rare variety of formats such as large green turtles size. In addition to coral reefs and pearl is known by the island of Socotra, since ancient times.

Waterfalls: There are a number of island Souktry waterfalls rains spread in different locations mainly Falls "Dnjhn" in Hadibo away from the place where the distance (6 km) only, as well as Falls case, Momi, and her bottom and Aihvt waterfalls and most of those stem from the high mountains over the year. In general: The revitalization of tourism to the island of Socotra need to provide infrastructure services across the tourist attractions and tourist services, thus providing assistance under the Integrated Plan for the protection of natural reserves