| Geographical Information |
| Map Location |
Middle East |
| Geographical Location |
15° 00' North Latitude
48° 00' East Longitude |
| Surface Area |
527,970 sq km |
| Climate |
Mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
| Natural Resources |
Petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west |
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| Political Information |
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| Country Name |
Republic of Yemen |
| Capital City |
Sanaa |
| Government Type |
Republic |
| Administrative Divisions |
19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt,
Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz |
| Independence Day |
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of
Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]);
Note - previously North Yemen had become independent in November of 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become
independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK) |
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| Demographical Information |
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| Population |
20,727,063 (July 2005 est.) |
| Nationality |
Yemeni |
| Ethnic Groups |
Predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans |
| Religion |
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
| Languages |
Arabic |
| Population Growth Rate |
3.45% (2005 est.) |
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| Economical Information |
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| Currency |
Yemeni rial (YER) |
| Industries |
Crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products
factory; cement; commercial ship repair |
| Labor Force |
5.98 million (2004 est.) |
| Labor Force by Sectors |
Most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force |
| Agriculture Products |
Grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish |
| Export Commodities |
Crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish |
| Export Partners |
China 33.5%, Thailand 31.4%, Singapore 7.2%, South Korea 6.1% (2004) |
| Import Commodities |
Food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
| Import Partners |
UAE 12.8%, Saudi Arabia 10.2%, China 9%, France 7.9%, Kuwait 4.4%, US 4.4%, India 4.3%, Turkey 4.1% (2004) |
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| Transportation |
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| Railways |
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| Highways |
67,000 km |
| Pipelines |
Gas 88 km; oil 1,174 km (2004) |
| Airports |
44 (2004 est.) |
| Ports and Harbors |
Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun |
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| Communication |
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| Phone Code |
+967 |
| Internet Abbreviation |
.ye |
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| Other |
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| Short History |
North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen.
Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states.
The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to a delimitation of their border. |
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