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Modern states /
Yemen
The Yemeni Republic
Arabic: (OFFICIAL:)
'al-jumhūriyyatu l-yamaniyya
Arabic: (SHORT:) 'al-yaman
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MAJOR CITIES
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| San'a |
1.85 million |
| Aden |
590,000 |
| Ta'izz |
520,000 |
| Hudayda |
490,000 |
| Mukalla |
190,000 |
| Ibb |
160,000 |
| Dhamar |
140,000 |
| Say'un |
85,000 |
| Zinjibar |
70,000 |
| Ash-Shihr |
70,000 |
| Zabid |
65,000 |
| Mukha |
15,000 |
All figures are 2005 estimates.
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Status
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Independent republic, divided into 19 governorates (muhafaza(t)).
Days of independence: North Yemen (San'a) November 1918, South Yemen (Aden) November 30, 1967. National holiday is the Unification Day, May 22, 1990.
| GOVERNMENT
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Head of state: Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Prime minister: Abdulqadir Bajammal. The government is made up of 29 ministers, where the Minister of Foreign Affairs also is Deputy Prime Minister.
National Assembly: The House of Representatives is made up of 301 members, all seats out on general elections.
| GEOGRAPHY
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Inhabitants: 23.8 million (2009 estimate).
Population growth rate: 3.4%
Total area: 527,970 kmē
Density: 40 per kmē
Border: 1,746 km (Saudi Arabia 1,458 km, Oman 288 km).
Coastline: 1,906 km.
Highest point: Jabal Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Arable land: 2.8%
Capital: San'a
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
| World rank (of 182): 140
Index (1.0 max): 0.575
Explanation
| DEMOGRAPHY
| Ethnic groups: Arabs, Mahra.
Religions: Sunni Islam, Zaydi Islam, Christianity, Hinduism.
| ECONOMY
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Currency: Rial (YER)
100 Rials=US$0.50. US$1=199 Rials (September 2008)
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Climate and Geography
It's the mountains that makes Yemen habitable. The climate in the Yemeni mountains is the most pleasant on the entire Arabian peninsula, and fertile. The climate along the coast is humid and terribly hot. Just inside the coast starts the desert, that covers everything that is not mountains.
Yemen has the highest population density on the Arabian peninsula, but is by far also the poorest country in the region, due to very small oil resources.
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