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" | |
Anthem: نشيد اليمن الوطني (Arabic) Nashīd al-Yaman al-Waṭanī "Unitit Republic" | |
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) |
• Preses o the Revolutionary Committee | Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (Sana'a) |
Legislatur | Hoose o Representatives |
Establishment | |
• North Yemen unthirldoma | 1 November 1918 |
• Sooth Yemen unthirldomb | 30 November 1967 |
• Unification | 22 May 1990 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 527,829 km2 (203,796 sq mi) (50t) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 23,833,000 (48t) |
• 2004 census | 19,685,000 |
• Density | 44.7/km2 (115.8/sq mi) (160t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $58.202 billion |
• Per capita | $2,249 |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Tot | $36.700 billion |
• Per capita | $1,418 |
HDI (2013) | 0.500 law · 154t |
Currency | Yemeni rial (YER) |
Time zone | UTC+3 |
Drivin side | richt |
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.
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