Yemen Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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| Official language | Arabic | |||||
| Capital | Sanaá | |||||
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh | |||||
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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2 Politics 3 Governorates 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 8 Miscellaneous topics |
The ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy described Yemen as Arabia Felix.
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 Soviet orientation. There followed two decades of hostility between the two states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued.
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole - an American guided missile destroyer - was attacked by waterborne terrorists as the American ship was refueling in the port of Yemen. Two suicide bombers approached the Cole in a small boat loaded with explosives. Once alongside the ship, the men detonated the explosives, killing themselves and 17 American sailors.
The bombers, it was later determined, were part of Osama bin Laden's Al Queda terrorist network.
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.History
Main article: History of YemenPolitics
Main article: Politics of YemenGovernorates
Main article: Governorates of YemenGeography
Main article: Geography of YemenEconomy
Main article: Economy of Yemen
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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| 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 | - | - |
| Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar | |||
| Dhul Hijja 10 | Eid al-Adha | - | - |
| Shawwal 1 | Eid al-Fitr | - | - |
| Muharram 1 | Muharram | - | - |
| Rajab 27 | Lailat ul-Miraj | - | - |
| Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12 | Shahr al-Mawhid | Mouloud | Muhammad's birthday |
Yemenite Jews are the Jewish people who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen. They are known as Teimanim, and are considered to be a subdivision of Mizrahi Jews.
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