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Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Yemen
Nationality
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni
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Area
total: 527,970 sq km
land: 527,970 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: 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)
Population: 20,727,063 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Arab
Afro-Arab
South Asians
Europeans
Capital: Sanaa, population 970,000
Largest Cities
Aden - 570,000
Ta’izz - 290,000
Al Hudaydah - 250,000
Al Mukalla - 100,000
Mocha
Official Language: Arabic
Religion
Muslim
Shaf'i (Sunni)
Zaydi (Shi'a)
Jewish
Christian
Hindu
Political system: Parliamentary republic, constitutional State; its governmental system is founded on the basis of pluralism with three powers, judicial, legislative and executive
GDP: purchasing power parity - $16.25 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $800 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 3% (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 0.3%
industry: 58.2%
services: 41.5% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 3% (2004 est.)
Geographic Information
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Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Total borders: 2,197 km
Border countries: Saudi Arabia, Oman
Coastline: 1,906 km
Terrain: narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Climate: mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Main tourist season: October through March
Waters: bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea
Plants and Animals: scarce vegetation, mainly in oasis’, desert animals, camels
Natural hazards: sandstorms and dust storms in summer
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