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About Yemen
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Republic of Yemen
Al-Jumhuriya al-Yamaniya |
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Area: 537,010 Kmē
Population: 19,349,881
Coast Line: 1,906 Km
Capital:
San'a' 1,653,300 pop.
Major cities:
Aden 560,000 pop.,
Ta'izz 406,900 pop.,
Hodeida 160,000 pop.
Border countries:
Saudi Arabia NORTH, Oman EAST
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Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes
Map references: Middle East
Natural resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west
Principal mountains: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Principal islands: Socotra 3600 Kmē
Climate: Mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast
Administrative divisions: 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
(Governorates Map)
System of government: Presidential Republic
Language: Arabic (official), English
Currency: Yemeni Rial (YRI)
Religion: Sunni Muslim 55%, Shi'a Muslim 42%
Ethnic groups: Predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
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