Shawkan
Shawkan is a city in Yemen with a population of about 3.
YemenSmall town🕐 Asia/Aden
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan (شوكان), is an Egyptian photojournalist who was arrested for taking photos of the Rabaa massacre in Cairo, Egypt and imprisoned during the post-coup unrest by the Egyptian government since 2013, where he faced the death penalty. By September 2018 he had been sentenced to a five-year prison term and was expected to be released shortly thereafter; he was released on 4 March 2019.
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About Shawkan
| Country | Yemen |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 15 |
| Population | 3 |
| Local currency | YER |
| Coordinates | 16.6774, 43.3707 |
| Time zone | Asia/Aden |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 172 km · Sanaa |
| Population (Yemen) | #5782 most populated in Yemen |
| Where on Earth | 16°40′39″N · 43°22′15″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 1,857 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 8,162 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 91% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Kolhāpur (India) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -16.68, -136.63 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Dubai | 1,556 km |
| Cairo | 1,932 km |
| Moscow | 4,373 km |
| Paris | 5,142 km |
| London | 5,440 km |
| Singapore | 6,824 km |