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Republic o Yemen
الجمهورية اليمنية

Motto: 
الله، الوَطَن، الثَورة، الوَحدة (Arabic)
"Allāh, al-Waṭan, ath-Thawrah, al-Waḥdah"
"God, Kintra, Revolution, Unity"
Anthem: 
نشيد اليمن الوطني (Arabic)
Nashīd al-Yaman al-Waṭanī
"Unitit Republic"
Location o Yemen
CaipitalSana'a (de jure, Houthi Govrenment)
Aden (Temporary, Hadi Govrenment)
Maistmuckle citySana'a
Offeecial leidsArabic
Releegion
Islam
Demonym(s)Yemeni
GovrenmentProveesional govrenment
(in dispute)
• Preses
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (Aden)
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (Sana'a)
LegislaturHoose o Representatives
Establishment
• North Yemen unthirldoma

1 November 1918
• Sooth Yemen unthirldomb

30 November 1967
22 May 1990
Area
• Total
527,829 km2 (203,796 sq mi) (50t)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2011 estimate
23,833,000[1] (48t)
• 2004 census
19,685,000[1]
• Density
44.7/km2 (115.8/sq mi) (160t)
GDP (PPP)2012 estimate
• Total
$58.202 billion[2]
• Per capita
$2,249[2]
GDP (nominal)2012 estimate
• Tot
$36.700 billion[2]
• Per capita
$1,418[2]
HDI (2013)Steady 0.500[3]
law · 154t
CurrencyYemeni rial (YER)
Time zoneUTC+3
Drivin sidericht[4]
Cawin code+967
ISO 3166 codeYE
Internet TLD.ye, اليمن.
  1. Frae the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Frae the Unitit Kinrick.
Territorial organization
Territorial organization 2

Yemen (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), offeecially the Republic o Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya) is a kintra locatit on the Arabian Peninsula in Soothwast Asie. It is bordered bi Saudi Arabie tae the north, the Red Sea tae the wast, the Arabian Sea an Gulf o Aden tae the sooth, an Oman tae the east.

Yemen's land aurie is juist unner 530,000 km2 (204,634 sq mi), an its territory includes ower 200 islands, the lairgest o which is Socotra, aboot 415 km (258 mi) tae the sooth o mainland Yemen, aff the coast o Somalie. Yemen is the ae state in the Arabian Peninsula tae hae a purely republican form o government. Its caipital is Sana'a.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Archived frae the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 24 Februar 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Yemen". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 24 Apryle 2012.
  3. ↑ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved 27 Julie 2014.
  4. ↑ "Yemen". International News Safety Institute. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.