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#Nature #Tourist Socotra: is a Yemeni archipelago belonging to the Hadramaut region consisting of six islands on the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Horn of Africa near the Gulf of Aden, located about 240 kilometers (150 Mi) east of the coast of Somalia and 380 kilometers (240 Mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island was classified as a World Heritage Site in 2008, and the New York Times ranked it as the most beautiful island in the world in 2010 due to the unique biodiversity and environmental importance of this island and its reflection on the world. In October of 2013, the Socotra archipelago governorate became an independent governorate from Hadramaut governorate.