Yemen
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 | |
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Motto: الله، الوَطَن، الثَورة، الوَحدة (Arabic) "Allāh, al-Waṭan, ath-Thawrah, al-Waḥdah" "God, Kintra, Revolution, Unity" | |
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| Caipital | Sana'a (de jure, Houthi Govrenment) Aden (Temporary, Hadi Govrenment) |
| Lairgest ceety | Sana'a |
| Offeecial leids | Arabic |
| Releegion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Yemeni |
| Govrenment | Proveesional govrenment (in dispute) |
• Preses | Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (Aden) |
| Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (Sana'a) | |
| Legislatur | Hoose 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) |  0.500[3]law · 154t |
| Currency | Yemeni rial (YER) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| Drivin side | richt[4] |
| Cawin code | +967 |
| ISO 3166 code | YE |
| Internet TLD | .ye, اليمن. |
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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- ↑ a b "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Archived frae the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 24 Februar 2013.
- ↑ a b c d "Yemen". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 24 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved 27 Julie 2014.
- ↑ "Yemen". International News Safety Institute. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.