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.

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)
Lairgest ceetySana'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
Aurie
• 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'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 eedit

  1. a b "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Archived frae the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 24 Februar 2013.
  2. a b c d "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.