Qishn | |
Native Name: | قشن |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Yemen |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Al Mahrah Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Qishn |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 7595 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.4228°N 51.6814°W |
Qishn (ar|قشن) is a coastal town in Al Mahrah Governorate, seat of Qishn District in southern Yemen. It is located at around 15.4228°N 51.6814°W. It has a landing strip, which is currently not in use.
Historically, Qishn was a port from which incense was exported. The traveller and explorer Freya Stark notes that, "...from Qishn, 200 to 250 tons (of incense, annually)". The port was known to the British East India Company as Kisseen.
Today, the people of Qishn earn most of their income through fishing, farming, or the rearing of livestock.