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Emblem o Yemen

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Emblem o Yemen

The naitional emblem o Yemen depicts a gowden eagle wi a scroll atween its claws. On the scroll is written the name o the kintra in Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية or Al-Jumhuriyyah Al-Yamaniyah ("The Yemeni Republic"). The chest o the eagle contains a shield that depicts a coffee plant an the Marib Dam, that are belaw fower blue an three wavy stripes. The flagstaffs on the richt an left o the eagle hauld the Banner o Yemen.

Historical emblems

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Frae 1945 tae 1990, Yemen wis split intae North an Sooth. The North haed an emblem mair seemilar tae the present day ane, an its shield haes similarities wi the shield o the umwhile Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen. The Sooth haed an emblem wi the pan-Arab "Eagle o Saladin" (seemilar tae the coats o airms o Egyp, Iraq, an Sirie).