Qishn (Arabic: قشن) is a coastal town in Al Mahrah Governorate, seat of Qishn District in southern Yemen. It is located at around 15°25′22″N 51°40′53″E. It has a landing strip, which is currently not in use.

Qishn قشن
Town
Qishn Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°25′22″N 51°40′53″E
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Al Mahrah Governorate
District	Qishn
Population  (2004)
• Total	7,595
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

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.

Sources

This article about a location in Yemen is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e