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Official Name: Republic of Yemen Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). Capital: Sanaa
Lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m. Highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m. |
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Population: 22,230,531 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Yemeni(s) Ethnic groups: Predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans. Religions: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu. Languages: Arabic. |
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 Mostly desert. Hot and humid along the west coast. Temperate in the western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon. Extraordinarily hot dry harsh desert in the east |
 Government type: Republic Independence: 22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]. Previously North Yemen had become independent on November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the United Kingdom). National holiday: Unification Day, 22 May (1990) |
