shabwa

{{Short description|City in Yemen}}

{{Not to be confused with|Shabwah Governorate}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Shabwa

| native_name = {{lang|ar|شَبْوَة}}
{{lang|xhd|{{script|Sarb|𐩦𐩨𐩥𐩩}}}}

| image_skyline = Yémen-104.JPG

| coordinates = {{coord|15.367|N|47.017|W}}

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The ancient city of Shabwa ({{langx|xhd|{{script|Sarb|𐩦𐩨𐩥𐩩}}|{{sc|šbwt}}|Šabwat}}; {{langx|ar|شَبْوَة|translit=Šabwa}}) was the capital of the Kingdom of Hadhramaut at the South Arabian region of the Arabian Peninsula. The ruins of the city are located in the north of modern Shabwah Governorate of the Republic of Yemen.{{cite book|last1=Eggenberger|first1=David|last2=Myers|first2=Bernard Samuel|date=1959|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=ccc|edition=revised|title=Encyclopedia of World Art, Volume 1|url={{Google books|mWQRAQAAMAAJ|Encyclopedia of world art|keywords="ancient Hadhramaut capital"|plainurl=yes}} }} Pliny the Elder and Strabo refer to the city as Sabota, formerly a royal city with multiple local temples.Strabo's Geography (Strab. 16.4); Pliny's Natural History (Nat. Hist. vi.32){{cite journal |last=Retsö|first=Jan |title=When did Yemen become "Arabia felix"?|journal=Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

|publisher=Archaeopress |volume=33 |date=2003|pages=229–235 |jstor=41223765 |language=en}}

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| lat_deg = 15.367

| lon_deg = 47.017

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