With about 7,000 inhabitants, it is the seat of the Shibam District in the Hadhramaut Governorate.
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The town is located in the central-western area of Hadhramaut Governorate, in the Ramlat al-Sab`atayn desert.
Thangals are supposed to be descended from Sayyid families, who migrated from the historic city of Tarim, in Hadramawt Province, Yemen, during the 17th century in order to propagate Islam on the Malabar Coast.
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