Yemen

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Al-Jumhuriyyah al-Yamaniyah

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National motto: Xxxxx
Official language	Arabic
Capital	Sanaá
President	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 48th 527,970 km² Negligible
Population  - Total (2003)  - Density	Ranked 53rd 19,349,881 37/km²
Unification	May 22, 1990
Currency	Yemeni rial (YER)
Time zone	UTC +3
National anthem	United Republic
Internet TLD	.YE
Calling Code	967

History

North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. Egypt under Nasser aided the southern Marxist Yemen force militarily, including the use of chemical weapons, specifically mustard gas and perhaps an organophosphate nerve agent, against royalist troops in North Yemen. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued.

Politics

Governorates

Geography

Economy

Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but was harmed by low oil prices in 1998. Yemen has embarked on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which has led to foreign debt relief and restructuring. Aided by higher oil prices in 1999, Yemen worked to maintain tight control over spending and implement additional components of the IMF program. The high population growth rate of 3.4% and internal political dissension complicate the government's task.

Demographics

Culture

Holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	-
May 22	Day of National Unity	-	Celebrates Unification of Yemen
September 26	Revolution Day 1963	-	-
October 14	National Day	-	-
November 30	Independence Day	-	-
-	Eid al-Adha	-	date varies
-	Eid al-Fitr	-	date varies
-	Muharram	-	date varies
-	Lailat ul-Miraj	-	date varies
-	Prophet's birthday	Mouloud	date varies

• Music of Yemen

Miscellaneous topics

• Communications in Yemen
• Transportation in Yemen
• Military of Yemen
• Foreign relations of Yemen

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