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Yemen /ˈjɛmən/ ⓘ (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), officially known as the Yemeni Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah), is an Arab country located in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second largest country in the Arabian peninsula occupying 527,970 km2. It is boarded to the north by Saudi Arabia and to the east by Oman. The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km[5]
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Capital | Sana'a |
Official languages | Arabic |
Demonym(s) | Yemeni, Yemenite |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi | |
Mohammed Basindawa | |
Legislature | House of Representatives |
Establishment | |
1 November 1918 | |
• South Yemen independenceb | 30 November 1967 |
22 May 1990 | |
Area | |
• Total | 527,829 km2 (203,796 sq mi) (50th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 23,833,000[1] (96th) |
• 2004 census | 19,685,000[1] |
• Density | 44.7/km2 (115.8/sq mi) (160th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $58.202 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $2,249[2] |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $36.700 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $1,418[2] |
HDI (2011) | 0.462[3] low (160th) |
Currency | Yemeni rial (YER) |
Time zone | UTC+3 |
Driving side | right[4] |
Calling code | +967 |
ISO 3166 code | YE |
Internet TLD | .ye, اليمن. |
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Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.[6] Its capital and largest city is Sana'a. Yemen's territory includes more than 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 354 km (220 mi) to the south of mainland Yemen. It is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a purely republican form of government.[7] Yemen was the first country in the Arabian peninsula to grant women the right to vote.[8] Yemeni unification took place on 22 May 1990, when North Yemen was united with South Yemen, forming the Republic of Yemen.
The majority of Yemen's population is divided into tribal groups, especially in the northern areas of the country where 85% of local residents belong to various tribes[9] There are also small groups of peoples of Turkish/Ottoman origin in urban areas.[10] Yemen is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Ali Abdullah Saleh was the first elected president of the reunified Yemen. Throughout its modern history, the country has undergone a long period of conflicts and civil wars, the last being the 2011 Yemeni uprising. Since the 1990s, the Houthis (an armed Zaydi Shia group) have launched an armed rebellion against the government coinciding with an Al-Qaeda insurgency and another separatist campaign in the south.[11]