Elevation of Šibām, al-Mahwit, Yemen

Šibām, al-Mahwit, Yemen is 2,582 m (8,471 ft) above sea level.

Šibām's height from sea level is 2,582 metres, or 8,471 feet. Wikidata records 2,575 m.

Also written: شبام.

Ground within 5 km

2,362 m – 2,934 m

Mean 2,629 m across the 10 km square centred on the town, 572 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

4th of 9

among the towns of al-Mahwit, and 20th of 366 in Yemen.

Nearest town

Kawkabān

1.3 km to the S, at 2,695 m, 113 m higher.

Cross-section through Šibām

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.2 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Šibām; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 2,885 m at 14 km west to 2,609 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 2,291 m at 14 km north to 2,227 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 59 km around Šibām, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 59 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Šibām

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Kawkabān	1.3 km	S	2,695 m (8,842 ft)	+113 m
H̨abābah (Amrān)	3.2 km	NW	2,671 m (8,763 ft)	+89 m
al-Mah̨jar	6.5 km	SW	2,431 m (7,976 ft)	−151 m
Ṯilā (Amrān)	7.1 km	N	2,726 m (8,944 ft)	+144 m
Bayt Mulayk	9 km	W	2,907 m (9,537 ft)	+325 m

Peaks and passes near Šibām

Jabal ‘Amlān, peak at 2,934 m (9,626 ft), 24.9 km to the SE — 352 m above the town.
Jabal as Sināfī, peak at 2,804 m (9,199 ft), 17.6 km to the SE — 222 m above the town.
Jabal Qayf, peak at 2,602 m (8,537 ft), 19.6 km to the E — 20 m above the town.

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Šibām is

Latitude 15.5117221, longitude 43.9031293. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Šibām's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.