'Desert Manhattan', city with clay buildings
'Desert Manhattan', city with clay buildings
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Most people built houses with mud. There are more than 500 skyscrapers made of mud. There is also a city where everything is made of mud. The buildings here are nothing sort of a surprise to the world because neither rain nor storm has any effect on them. Many clay buildings here are hundreds of years old. These strange buildings are in the city of Shibam in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. This city is famous all over the world only because it made of clay. Some of them are five storeys, and some are up to 11 storeys high. You will be surprised to know that people still live in these buildings. The population of this city is around 7000. The main occupation of the people here is animal husbandry.

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This city with high-rise buildings made of clay is called 'Desert Chicago' or 'Desert Manhattan'. In 1982, the city was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. However, in 2015, a civil war broke out in Yemen, due to which the buildings here were severely damaged. Because of this, UNESCO listed it as 'Cultural Heritage at Risk' in the same year. Shibam is also often referred to as the 'oldest skyscraper city in the world'. It is said that there was a terrible flood in 1530 AD, in which the whole city was destroyed. Only after this, earthen buildings were built here. Brick has been used to make them. According to the historians, when the buildings received the fierce heat of the desert, it became strong like a brick. However, wood has also been used for strengthening at some places.

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This city is considered the wonder of the world, has the tallest clay-built buildings in the world. Although the average temperature here is 28 ° C, despite this, the rooms inside the buildings remain cold. The soil absorbs the heat. Because of this people living here do not have to face much heat.

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