Yemen works to keep Zabid historical city in list of world heritage

HODEIDAH, July
10 (Saba) - Yemen is working to keep Zabid historical city in the list of world
heritage,
the governor of Hodeidah province Ahmed al-Jabali said on Saturday.
During a meeting for the local authority in the province, the governor asked the
officials of the local authority and concerned bodies to preserve the city and its
archeological
features.
Director office of the general authority of preserving historical cities in the
province Nabil Mansor said that the authority has registered 106 breaches since
June.
Zabid has been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. In 2000, Zabid was
listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
It is a town of 20,000 people on Yemen's western coastal plain. It lies
approximately ten miles from the Red Sea. It belongs to Hodeidah governorate.
Zabid is one of the oldest cities in Yemen. It was the capital of Yemen from the
13th to the 15th century and a center of the Arab and Muslim world due in large
part to
its famed University of Zabid and being a center of Islamic education.
The city was established in 204 in Hijri calendar when it was taken over by
Mohammad bin Ziyad upon directives from the Caliph Haron Arrashid.
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